First of all, that assumes you want to grow up.But when I was a kid the teacher went around asking the kids what they wanted (Continue Reading)
First of all, that assumes you want to grow up.But when I was a kid the teacher went around asking the kids what they wanted (Continue Reading)
Well over five years ago I read an article in, I believe, the NYT magazine that stated emphatically that after 76 a person’s body mass (Continue Reading)
On Morning Joe on Dec. 7, 2020, Donny Deutsch made an extremely clear statement. Joe passed over it because I believe he still has trouble (Continue Reading)
For years I have been bugged by the way people cast blame for a systemic problem on one individualized person or institution. On the listservs, (Continue Reading)
An article on child acquisition of the ergative forms in Basque finds that Basque children receiving bilingual input, i.e. two different languages being used in (Continue Reading)
Our language sometimes scrunches word meaning down into what is commonly heard. Symbolism is one of those words, as in “It’s only symbolic.” That takes (Continue Reading)
I noted in Lesson #51 I wrote il n’a pas des amies when it should be d’amies. I am pretty sure I did not realize (Continue Reading)
I am writing this up 8 months after the event and will reference subsequent developments. We went over the principles, incl. signs, comprehension checks via (Continue Reading)
Honor was lacking. Biden will tsk tsk us for saying a lack of honor was the principle in the Trump administration and in the Trump (Continue Reading)
As Trump gives up his law suits to overturn the election results, it remains to be seen what he will do next. Some say he (Continue Reading)
When I attended a human relations camp (Anytown) in the 70s as an advisor, I found that “culture night” consisted of sorting the various ethnic (Continue Reading)
Looking at the history of Western music, certain individuals stand out as musical geniuses: Mozart, Bach. We recognize this phenomenon and marvel at it. These (Continue Reading)
We are often reminded that the Corona Virus is an assault on America, every bit as serious as 9/11. The death rate is climbing to (Continue Reading)
Tracking one student has its advantages. When you are working with a group of students, it’s hard to notice what each one is acquiring. My (Continue Reading)
In FL teaching theory, fossilization became a major issue. The theory went that incorrect forms, once learned, could not be unlearned. That appears to foreshadow (Continue Reading)
Recently I’ve seen some posts on teaching the subjunctive. Most often the requests are for fun ways. That made be wonder what role fun plays (Continue Reading)
A while back, around 2018, I took Tucker Carlson to task (I hear he was devastated on reading my blog) for saying that demographic change (Continue Reading)
Pulling books off the shelf at random, the Reading Ladder offers some highlights of why these books are in the ladder. Starting with the most (Continue Reading)
Very often, statements of conditions are challenged. For instance, the Atlantic had an article titled How America Outlawed Adolescence. Without finishing the article, my thoughts (Continue Reading)
With the election upon us, I’ll post this list of reversals, things the conservatives accused liberals of that have proved to be true of them, (Continue Reading)
I guess browser is the proper word. Anyway, in the face of trolls and internet racists we can find really nice things on the internet. (Continue Reading)
Someone who wants to conserve things the way they are. Why does he want to do that? Because he is comfortable with that way and (Continue Reading)
Back when I worked as a therapist in a mental health center, a psychiatric clinic, we charted our contacts with our patients. The medical model (Continue Reading)