"I'm sorry I missed class today. I was in a Quidditch match." I told her I would accept it - provided she was playing for Ravenclaw.

What is it about tornadoes and test days? Another crazy day brought to you by Ohio weather.

One university is dealing with the economic crisis by eliminating the theatre program and all languages except Spanish ( Read more... )

Tonight I gave a final exam during a tornado. Ironically, "natural disasters" was the theme of that chapter's vocabulary, and yes, "tornado" was one of the words. Those students will never forget my class as long as they live.

The rainbow afterwards was incredible.

Does speculative fiction have a place in education ( Read more... )

I had another article published at Associated Content:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/802839/paganism_and_online_education.html?cat=15

The Utah legislature, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that the rights of university students to carry guns is inviolable. U of Utah tried to make a compromise in which students could not have a gun in dorms or faculty offices. The Supreme court said the university could set aside a few gun-free dorms, but said the university could not ( Read more... )

This entry probably won't interest any of you, but I'm going to use my journal as a scratch-pad for a letter I'm sending to various officials at Miami University in response to this report: http://magic.thadk.net/winklerreport-scan.pdfRead more... )