Category Archives: Other - Society & Culture

Why are the AP kids as close minded or more so then the non ones?

By pcgumban | November 29, 2009

Rainy asked: According to teachers, professors, doctors, lawyers etc. the AP kids are the creme of the crop. They’re supposed to be the most open minded, the most questioning, wrong. I am the only African american in my AP english class and the kids are not open minded! I thought I would fit in with [...]

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Can I get your help with a lesson plan?

By pcgumban | August 19, 2009

jrhod263 asked: I am doing a lesson plan for a 7th grade class (it’s an English class, but I am trying to cross it over with current events) where I use Time Magazine for Kids. Then, the students will pick a story (usually there are at least three news stories) and write a paragraph about [...]

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Should children who can not speak English be allowed to attend public schools in the USA?

By pcgumban | July 20, 2009

Brian asked: I do not want my tax dollars spent on hiring an aid to help kids who do not speak English. If we are going to spend tax dollars on school I want to add teaches for English speaking kids to lower class size or pay the ones we have betterAngelina

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How do you deal with step parents that feel the need to brag about their kids?

By pcgumban | June 3, 2009

King H asked: When I was growing up, my father used to meet these women with kids that they felt the need to just fluff. They would tell me about how little johnny was this, that and the other. How they “just” passed their english, math, or science class or they accomplished something b/c they [...]

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