Index of Articles

Don't Teach "Cute"!

It's Stupid to Be Smart

There Must Be a Better Way

Why Students Should Have to Learn to Write Discursive Essays

AP English Blather

Don't Get Emotionally Attached to Your Own Opinion

Don't Get Emotionally Attached to Your Own Opinion (Part II)

Do You Remember Penmanship?

Toxic Teachers

Learning to Eat My Vegetables

(guest article)

In Praise of Lectures

Beginner Mind

This Is My Brain on Drugs

Another Bad Teacher

Closed Doors

A Partial Defense of the Five-Paragraph Theme as a Model for Student Writing

(This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website)

There's No Excuse for Trick Questions

You Can't Teach Writing by the Numbers

(This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website)

Oh, For a Second Chance!

The Importance of Manuscript Form

Students Teachers Hate

Grading Standards: What Is "Good" Writing?

(This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website.)

Scopes Revisited?: The Kansas Board of Education's 1999 Decision on Evolution

The Dismal Discussion Class

Grade Inflation: The "Customer" Is NOT Always Right!

Note to Students: When Your Reading Assignments Put You to Sleep

Grade Deflation

I Do NOT Want to Hear About a Teacher Shortage!

Does NOT Play Well with Others

Read, Reread, Forget

Let Them Read Sample Essays!

I Don't Know HOW to Read This Book!

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

This Is Their Brains on Drugs

American Kids Really Have Changed

(This link will take you to my "Who's Minding the Children" website.")

The Mystery of the Missing Marks:

Some Misconceptions about the Grading of English Essays

(Guest article by Nils Clausson, of the University of Regina in Canada)

Some AP English Teachers Are Actually Wonderful

We Don' Need No Stinkin' Gifted Programs!

Blatantly Obnoxious

Plagiarism? What Plagiarism?

How Long Does It Take to Grade an Essay?

Another Route to Grade Inflation

Helping Our Students up the Ladder

My GPA Is RUINED!

Students--Take Care of Business!

Preparing the Ground for Math Success: Games that Familiarize Your Child with Numbers and Numerical Patterns

Using Dice for a Basic Math Facts Practice Game

Just Tell Me I'm Wonderful and Give Me the A , Bitch!

Using Literary Devices to Convey Inner Thoughts and Personal Feelings, or Why Johnny and Jennifer Can't Write about Literature

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New Article Index

Don't Teach "Cute"!

It's Stupid to Be Smart

There Must Be a Better Way

Why Students Should Have to Learn to Write Discursive Essays

AP English Blather

Don't Get Emotionally Attached to Your Own Opinion

Don't Get Emotionally Attached to Your Own Opinion (Part II)

Do You Remember Penmanship?

Toxic Teachers

Learning to Eat My Vegetables

(guest article)

In Praise of Lectures

Beginner Mind

This Is My Brain on Drugs

Another Bad Teacher

Closed Doors

A Partial Defense of the Five-Paragraph Theme as a Model for Student Writing

(This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website)

There's No Excuse for Trick Questions

You Can't Teach Writing by the Numbers

(This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website)

Oh, For a Second Chance!

The Importance of Manuscript Form

Students Teachers Hate

Grading Standards: What Is "Good" Writing?

(This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website.)

Scopes Revisited?: The Kansas Board of Education's 1999 Decision on Evolution

The Dismal Discussion Class

Grade Inflation: The "Customer" Is NOT Always Right!

Note to Students: When Your Reading Assignments Put You to Sleep

Grade Deflation

I Do NOT Want to Hear About a Teacher Shortage!

Does NOT Play Well with Others

Read, Reread, Forget

Let Them Read Sample Essays!

I Don't Know HOW to Read This Book!

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

This Is Their Brains on Drugs

American Kids Really Have Changed

(This link will take you to my "Who's Minding the Children" website.")

The Mystery of the Missing Marks:

Some Misconceptions about the Grading of English Essays

(Guest article by Nils Clausson, of the University of Regina in Canada)

Some AP English Teachers Are Actually Wonderful

We Don' Need No Stinkin' Gifted Programs!

Blatantly Obnoxious

Plagiarism? What Plagiarism?

How Long Does It Take to Grade an Essay?

Another Route to Grade Inflation

Helping Our Students up the Ladder

My GPA Is RUINED!

Students--Take Care of Business!

Preparing the Ground for Math Success: Games that Familiarize Your Child with Numbers and Numerical Patterns

Using Dice for a Basic Math Facts Practice Game

Just Tell Me I'm Wonderful and Give Me the A , Bitch!

Using Literary Devices to Convey Inner Thoughts and Personal Feelings, or Why Johnny and Jennifer Can't Write about Literature