Random Thoughts of a Muddled Mind

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Entries from August 2006

Creating a MLA supported academic blog entry.

August 31st, 2006 · 2 Comments

In this blog post, I will attempt to demonstrate how to create an academic article, with a minimum of 5 solid links and at least two properly formatted and notated quotes from topic specific books.
Sample Topic: What were the defining elements of the presidency of Grover Cleveland?
Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland, America’s twenty-second and twenty-fourth president, was [...]

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Local Firestorm

August 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Victorville Ca.-Our local media has been covering what has quickly become the hot topic among High Desert residents. As if the articles title
Teachers urged to tolerate swearing
Inservice speaker outlines new ways teachers can deal with problem students
…was not enough to invoke a flurry of heated editorials, lines like
Teachers should never take anything a student [...]

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Tags: Odd News · Politics

So much for those Science Textbooks

August 28th, 2006 · 10 Comments

As we are down here on Earth, gorging ourselves on Starbucks and watching endless newscasts about JonBenet Ramsey (haven’t we already gone through a round of endless reports on this case?)….now we find out that Pluto is not a planet…or more to the point, it has apparently been demoted. Last week, Pluto was a happy [...]

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New Home for my blog

August 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Time to start the new school year. We would like to be able to actually look at your blog, so we are now using a different service to carry your information. To start your new blog, go to either LearnerBlogs or UniBlogs to create your new site.

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About

August 28th, 2006 · No Comments

I’m a husband, I teach, I read, I play baseball.

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