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The Truth Behind Educational Management
As chair of the English department for my school in [well, I better omit that, but its in the DC/Metro area], I was asked to give an opinion on why the students performed poorly on their lowest six skill indicators, questions designed to test a specific skill, (three for seventh grade and three for eighth grade). The other instructors and I were shocked when we realized the students performed poorly on only two of those six questions. Analysis of the remaining questions proved the fault to be…See More
Bernice L. McFadden left a comment for Jennifer Erin Eller
"Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR…"
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"Hi, Becky! Don't let the electronic world of social networking overwhelm you. If you feel too digitized, go for a nice bike ride."
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Why Should Our Children Know How to "Right"?
In a grand stroke of master thought from the Mount Olympus of P.G. County, it has come down to us peons in the classroom that we should eliminate written assignments from our grading. After all, what child needs to know proper spelling and grammar? IM and text messaging have made sentence construction, syntax, and old fashioned readability a thing of the past.This move has long been a trend in the P.G. system. For years the kids have written short answer and brief essay responses where the…See More
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- Who I am:
- Thoughtful, quiet, and philosophical. I am more of a thinker and a writer than an active doer. I do, however, enjoy getting out and doing some hiking and camping in the spring and summer.
I enjoy good books, movies, and museums. I am as comfortable drinking wine at a black-tie affair as I am a lager at the local pub.
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- I have finished my first novel and am looking for a representing agent.
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- I formerly wrote for, and was editor-in-chief for, "Awareness" the MSU, Mankato Office of Disability Services Newsletter and I was a freelance writer for "The Arrowhead Leader" based out of Moose Lake, MN.
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The Truth Behind Educational Management
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 9:16am 0 Comments 0 Likes
As chair of the English department for my school in [well, I better omit that, but its in the DC/Metro area], I was asked to give an opinion on why the students performed poorly on their lowest six skill indicators, questions designed to test a specific skill, (three for seventh grade and three for eighth grade). The other instructors and I were shocked when we realized the students performed poorly on only two of those six questions. Analysis of the remaining questions…
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Posted on August 13, 2009 at 12:39pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
In a grand stroke of master thought from the Mount Olympus of P.G. County, it has come down to us peons in the classroom that we should eliminate written assignments from our grading. After all, what child needs to know proper spelling and grammar? IM and text messaging have made sentence construction, syntax, and old fashioned readability a thing of the past.
This move has long been a trend in the P.G. system. For years the kids have written short answer and brief essay responses… Continue
This move has long been a trend in the P.G. system. For years the kids have written short answer and brief essay responses… Continue
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- At 10:07am on December 4, 2009,
Bernice L. McFadden said… - Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com
- At 6:13am on August 14, 2009,
Rebecca Fjelland Davis said… - Haha! Thanks, Aaron! I'll take your advice. I'm going for a ride right now!! Glad to have your "friendship" on here!
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