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Another Bad Teacher Closed Doors There's No Excuse for Trick Questions You Can't Teach Writing by the Numbers The Dismal Discussion Class Oh, For a Second Chance! The Importance of Manuscript Form Students Teachers Hate 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! 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 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