social issues – Blue Cereal Education

Five Sources

Blue Cereal — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:18:26 +0000

We’ve been reading up on Supreme Court cases involving “student rights” in one of my classes. Most of the readings and videos have involved the biggies – student speech, mostly, and some search and seizure. I recently asked them to pick a topic related to student rights in school, and of course offered a list … Continue reading

I’m Trying Not To Take Sides

Blue Cereal — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 21:01:19 +0000

These are complicated times, and in the interest of serving ALL students (and avoiding as many problems with parents as possible), I’m renewing my commitment to avoid pushing my own personal values and ideology and just sticking to the facts.

Just Teach The Curriculum (Leave That Other Stuff At Home)

Blue Cereal — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:15:29 +0000

There’s a cliché in education about teaching the child, not merely the subject. The more annoying version is that students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. I’m not in love with either platitude, but like most things with unfortunate sticking power, they’re not entirely wrong. Why don’t teachers … Continue reading

An Early Xmas Venti

Blue Cereal — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 04:21:09 +0000

I’m not looking to defend an ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ or to lament the cesspool of humanity that is Black Friday. Spend your holiday with family and feasting, in prayer and meditation, or naked on the couch Netflix-binging – it’s your call. This is ‘Merica! But I’d respectfully suggest that the aches and fears some have over the ongoing de-Christing of the season may not be proof they are fascists, or oppressors, or Fox News morning show hosts (except the ones who are). It may simply be that they feel like something special is being taken away from them for reasons they don’t entirely understand.

Volume and Power (A Borrowed Post)

Blue Cereal — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:06:30 +0000

People want to be heard. If they do not believe they are being heard when they speak, they will keep raising their volume until they believe they are being heard.