mat. the. whopper.

a hard day's night

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:26:59 -0700

for emily, who thinks i should post more. and ben who likes photo documentation. this is too early. seriously. this is my mode of transportation... coffee is a teacher's nectar of life. just ask mr. fram. if there was a state champi...

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it's about the kids...

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:28:01 -0700

i promise my assigned blogposts are coming. but in an effort to procrastinate (i really think i am ADD). i have discovered an argument with which i am unfamiliar and for the most part, an argument with which i diasagree. [i was supposed to disagr...

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pre-k. how and when?

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:41:17 -0700

talk to the experts. talk to the teachers. talk to the kids. the consensus, from what i've learned, is that pre-k is essential to the improvement of education and equality in this state. so what the heck is holding us back. mr. claiborne barksdale...

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crash course

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:09:11 -0700

i found sandra knispel to be quite an interesting person. i had met her before her talk. she was extremely helpful in the search for my lost cat, noros. i also met her twins who are by far the cutest four year olds i've ever met. she has a wonderf...

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rome wasn't built in 5 days

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:45:13 -0700

i know that the saying goes "rome wasn't built in a day" but it wasn't built in five days either. that being said, i think we (the interns) have accomplished a lot in the past five days: i think we've all connected, on some level, to each other....

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No Child Left Behind: Football Edition

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:16:10 -0700

during my daily blogrollcall i found this interesting post by Jeff Walters over at Cotton Mouth. He found it in a user diary at DailyKos. It really puts things in perspective. Unless you don't understand football in which case you're probably just...

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i just can't catch a break

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:55:25 -0700

literally. i haven't stopped since january. but this friday will be my last day of class until august. and i get a whole 5 days of no work or school. i really cannot wait. i also can't wait to start my internship with the mississippi teacher corp...

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If I could borrow some time...

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:00:13 -0700

I wish this week wasn't so hellacious. Projects. Meetings. Presentations. Films. Life. That is all. I would write more. But time is of the essence.

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Get Folked Up

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:41:42 -0700

This weekend I went on a tour of the delta. It's a strangely beautiful place. Flat: in geography and economy. I just kept thinking where do all these people work. How do they make money? I guess I should tell you why I went to the Delta. My cla...

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I'm new.

nobody@vox.com(mopper) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:26:19 -0700

To blogging that is. I've created this blog as a request from Ben Guest. He's the director of the Mississippi Teacher Corps where I'll be interning this summer. I really can't wait. Honestly, I've wanted to start a blog for quite sometime. Most...

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