Tag: 2024

  • A Year of Growth: Reflecting on My Journey as an Educator

    This year highlighted professional growth through exploring educational technology, embracing AI, fostering creativity, promoting mindfulness, and personal development, revealing education as a transformative journey.

  • Why the Mac Mini M4?

    The Mac Mini M4 is an affordable, compact desktop ideal for educators and creative students, offering powerful performance, portability, and budget-friendly setup options.

  • Election 2024: Predictions

    The predictions suggest NC, WI will favor DNC; MI, AZ, TX, GA will lean RNC. Overall turnout is expected to increase, resulting in a split Senate.

  • The 1880 Republican National Convention: A Model of Democratic Process and Political Drama for the 2024 DNCC

    The 1880 Republican National Convention in Chicago featured a dramatic clash of factions, leading to the unexpected nomination of James A. Garfield. This showed the power of compromise and oratory in politics.

  • Doonesbury Feb 18

    This comic from Doonesbury hits hard today and was not published in all local newspapers that syndicate across the US on Sunday. I am republishing it here because  we should be more afraid of people forgetting history than teachers actually teaching history.

  • Chinese Lunar New Year

    Teaching on an A/B semester schedule means that students in my history classes won’t always have my class during the Lunar New Year events. So, today I decided to make a short post to show what I use for my Chinese New Year lesson; so that, you can use them during the next two weeks…