January 2012
25 posts
Opting out of Grading →
world-shaker:
As an educator who abolished grading in 2004 and initiated a Grading Moratorium, I have an acute understanding for how grading sabotages learning. Because of this, I have drafted this letter for my daughter’s future teachers.
Dear teacher,
Kayley loves to learn and is very excited to start school this year.
Because the case against grades has a wealth of anecdotal evidence...
College offers free tuition if students enroll... →
If this was around 5 years ago when I applying to college, I’d probably be down for this free ride.
A student of mine in NYC has an opening for a roommate in an apartment in midtown Manhattan for a really good price.
If only I could just drop everything and move. IF. ONLY.
“To accept the contributions of generations of immigrants in the making of this...”
– Thomas Dublin, Immigrant Voices
Stop the deportation of DREAMer UCSC Graduate Jose... →
Welcome to the World
Audrina Madison & Mika Giselle.
And congrats to my sister from another mister for birthing these baby twins. TWINNING!
Dear Friends,
If there is any chance that someone would like to hook me up with 49ers playoff tickets, I will be FOREVER grateful.
Pretty please!
<3
Uncover the past.Discover the future.: Babae... →
yensquared:
ROOTS & RESISTANCE Babae Expo Reportback- Saturday, January 21, 2012!!!!!! In the summer of 2011, six women took a journey back to their motherland the Philippines. There, they learned about the conditions that everyday Pinay women typically face, and why so many Pinays are forced to…
This sounds really dope.
I need to figure myself out. I took this extra year to try and do so, and yet, I’m just as stuck as ever. I feel like I shouldn’t be in such a rush, but then again, I feel like I need to have myself figured out by June (more or less). This might be me just freaking out. Yea, that’s it.
I just want to leave the country for a while after I graduate. Travel to all the places...
I LOVE MY FRIENDS
Happy New Year.
