Chimaobi’s blog

The Big "H"

2008-06-28T00:45:23Z

Makes me wanna gag and hurl. The students at Harvard are by-and-large herded into careers that put people before profits (shoutout to my boy Philip Parham '09 who appears in the video, however). It relates to another discussion going on as well.

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Personal Teaching Performance

2008-06-26T03:47:50Z

I feel that the learning goal that was most effective for me involved teaching the Middle Passage to my 8th graders in U.S. History (prior to 1877). Very simply, this lesson was highly effective because I showed the students a movie as oppose to t...

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Special Dedication

2008-06-24T07:16:22Z

A favorite song of mine.

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Coach Amutah

2008-06-20T20:58:35Z

Coaching the first-years has been a bit of an awkward endeavor for me. Part of the awkwardness comes from my feelings of inadequacy as a teacher myself. I've only been in the profession for a year...only been working on a degree in curriculum and...

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THIS.IS.HOW.WE.DO

2008-06-13T02:23:38Z

...we make a move and act a fool when we up in the class.... FIRST YEARS WITH LITTLE TIME ON YOUR HANDS, JUST READ THIS: THE BEST AND MOST SUMMARY ADVICE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS TO BE BOTH FAIR AND CONSISTENT IN YOUR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. THAT'S I...

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Curriculum Mapping 101

2008-06-12T03:17:06Z

Last week the social studies crew came up with a curriculum map for MTC Summer School 2008. With so much material to cover sometimes it's hard to determine what to teach. We're trying to put a year's worth of material in a summer and some things w...

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Don't Make Me Laugh

2008-05-28T14:33:14Z

While grading final exams for my 1st period U.S. History I class I came across this gem in response to the question, "What was the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?": It help freed slaves in many ways alot of time. Mr.Amutah I know I was a...

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Done

2008-05-23T18:30:58Z

Today I ended my first year as a teacher in the Mississippi Teacher Corps. As I had hoped for last year when I was going through my final year of college, I was placed in the Mississippi Delta--Belzoni, Mississippi to be exact. Words cannot explai...

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Just in Case

2008-05-14T05:06:41Z

Hypothetical situation #1: You have a student who honestly tries hard to do their work, consistently comes to school and turns in assignments on time, and is never a behavior problem. They are one of the "smart" kids and participate in a number of...

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Seriously...

2008-05-08T03:59:28Z

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