If a writer wants his or her message to be understood, one must keep the readers in mind and write to them on their level. Failure to do...

Precision in writing is as important to good writing as brevity. In fact, precision, and it’s cousin clarity, inevitably produce brevity....

If one is making progress in his or her writing, that writing is constantly changing in many ways. It will be changing in content and...

At times, I get frustrated by the amount of reading material that pours in through both my postal mail and my e-mail, every item...

“In their never-ending search for better ways to teach, educators are tempted to be enamored of anything new and to eschew what they...

“Don’t touch that-!” a mother says to her little toddler son, who is playing with a stick that he found on the ground. “Now don’t play in...

I have often felt like that. I’m not famous for anything. I’m not widely known. Even when I go “back home” to the community where I grew...

An effective teacher teaches such that the lowest-achiever, the least capable student in the classroom, can understand. If the lowest...

“Just because ‘everyone else’ is doing it doesn’t mean that you must do it, too!” Mother used to tell me when I was trying to convince...

“[E]ducation doesn’t depend on the latest technological gadgets or machinery or publications. Good teaching is not restricted by the...

Good teaching is not restricted by the availability or unavailability of ready-made materials. It depends on having students who want to...

Teaching is a noble calling. It is not easy. It is often underappreciated. Despite the wisecracks about teachers having a lot of paid...

After having my wife at home all summer vacation, I’ve been going through withdrawal this week as she’s been attending teacher in-service...

Sometimes the best lessons one can learn come from the worst teachers. Sounds ironic, doesn’t it? As I recall the teachers I’ve had, from...

Never underestimate the power of a good book series, even if it’s not great literature, to spark an interest in reading. It might just...

It was just another group photo posted on Facebook. The group was so large and the figures so small that individuals were almost...

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Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...