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When glasses were--big!
M. Ben-Shalom
When glasses were--big!
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- Diagnostic Essay: 801-151
- First Eight Weeks: Road Map for Comm. Skills One ...
- Web Evaluation sites for GENREA and 801-151/152 s...
- Course Overview 801-151 Comm. Skills One
- More Information About Drops
- NEW Student Drop Policy from MATC
- Favorite Web Sites (An Ongoing Process!)
- 801-202 Students At the Black Holocaust Museum
- 801-201 English One Syllabus/Course Overview
- English Two Syllabus/Course Description
- Envisioning Equality by Kaethe Morris Hoffer
- How Do You Know It's Good? by Marya Mannes
- The Fine Art of Baloney Detetction
- Links To Help You Be An "A+" Student
- Student Information Sheet
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About Me
- Ben-Shalom
- I am not your grandmother's English teacher! I have been a teacher for over 30 years; I love my work. I love words: Words are power. Words are cool. The more words one has at her/his command, the better one can express ideas and be heard. What is my teaching style? I am very fair but I do not suffer foolishness in my classroom. I will walk down any road with a student who is giving me her/his best, but I find silly excuses for late work distasteful and 99.9% of the time do not accept them. I strive to incorportate a diversity of views in literature and in essays that I use in my classes. I have been known to say that nothing is sacred in my classes and that ALL may be discussed, as long as it is done with respect and dignity; as a result, we have had presentations on Gay rights, euthenasia, the death penalty, and the holocausts in Bosnia and Rowanda. I do not say that I know MORE than my students: I know DIFFERENTLY. My instructional basis is INQUIRY BASED: I expect students to ask questions , to inquire, to research, to find out, and to challenge. Appropriately. Silence is not necessarily golden in my classes!
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