Ellen DeGeneres on Commen Cement
Ellen DeGeneres Speaks at Tulane University
How to Teach Math
If We Taught English the Way We Teach Math
by Leland McInnes
The Narrow Road
Imagine that your only contact with “English” as a subject was through classes in school. Suppose that those classes, from elementary school right through to high school, amounted to nothing more than reading dictionaries, getting drilled in spelling and formal grammatical construction, and memorizing vast vocabulary lists. You never read a novel, nor a poem; never had contact with anything beyond the pedantic complexity of English spelling and formal grammar, and precise definitions for an endless array of words. You would probably hate the subject.You might come to wonder what the point of learning English was. (more…)
Principal Halts Best Valedictorian Speech Of Year
Regina Schaefer, Press Of Atlantic City - Kareem Elnahal learned a lesson Tuesday night – even in graduation, the school still rules. The class valedictorian surprised administrators and his fellow 2006 graduates at Mainland Regional High School when he opted to give an unapproved speech criticizing the school. Mainland, Elnahal said, does not encourage intellectual thought and the exchange of ideas. . . The speech was interrupted by the principal, and Elnahal cut his remarks short and left the ceremony.
The Speech
Four years ago, we gathered here for an education… (more…)
