http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 16 May 2008 18:51:06 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/read-to-the-kids.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/read-to-the-kids.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/read-to-the-kids.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 May 2008 18:51:06 -0700 Regarding the importance of reading to children from an early age (MTCer's see comments here), an idea has occurred to me from time to time for a family literacy program. The idea is to establish an evening program where poor, at-risk families ar... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/read-to-the-kids.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500fa967579ef0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poverty literacy http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/creole-or-not-creole.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/creole-or-not-creole.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/creole-or-not-creole.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 23:20:20 -0700 A crash course on Ebonics, or AAVE, should be required reading for everyone in Mississippi Teacher Corps -- not so we can understand what our students say, but why. Looking at it from a linguistic perspective is a lot more interesting and compass... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/creole-or-not-creole.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500e398f6df990004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ebonics african american mississippi teacher corps http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/david-and-goliath.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/david-and-goliath.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/david-and-goliath.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 20:16:06 -0700 The killing continues in Palestine. My friend is there. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/david-and-goliath.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500e398f6d6b50004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> war israel peace palestine http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/new-rules.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/new-rules.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/new-rules.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:24:11 -0700 I am starting to do a fair bit of thinking and planning for next year. Now that I understand my school and the students better, it is time to rewrite my classroom rules. Originally, I began with some vague, pretty-sounding sentiments about “respe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/new-rules.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1148300001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teaching classroom management http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/i-am-that-crazy-bicyclist-with-a-camera.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/i-am-that-crazy-bicyclist-with-a-camera.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/i-am-that-crazy-bicyclist-with-a-camera.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:45:28 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107860001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107860001-50si" alt="Boom Angle" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3dfd10004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3dfd10004-50si" alt="Corps of Engineers" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3f08e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3f08e0005-50si" alt="Bayou Spring" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107980001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107980001-50si" alt="The Great River" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3dfe40004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3dfe40004-50si" alt="Ditchwork" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500f48cf24ded0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500f48cf24ded0002-50si" alt="Not Dead But Sleeping" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107a50001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107a50001-50si" alt="Love Shack" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107ac0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1107ac0001-50si" alt="The Future of Education" /></a> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3dffc0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398bade71000500e398f3dffc0004-50si" alt="Stadium Now" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> All of these photos were taken today, on my ride to Rosedale, Skene, and other locales around Bolivar County, Miss. Today's roadkill count: 2 armadillos 2 possums 5 baby possums 1 raccoon 1 turtle 1 or 2 dozen assorted mice, snakes, etc. I [hear... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/i-am-that-crazy-bicyclist-with-a-camera.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500f48d1108480001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photography bicycling mississippi mississippi river roadkill http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/best-and-worst-sports-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/best-and-worst-sports-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/best-and-worst-sports-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:26:32 -0700 And now for a random opinion... The best sports are exciting and beautiful because they involve constant action and movement. These games involve tremendous skill and athletic prowess, but never for their own sake. The essence of the game is move... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/best-and-worst-sports-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500f48cf2557e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sports http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/deconstructing-my-misery.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/deconstructing-my-misery.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/deconstructing-my-misery.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:13:04 -0700 My mental health has been the defining issue of my Mississippi Teacher Corps experience. I first began this effort by recapitulating my feelings about the Teacher Corps program, because the prospect of writing retrospectively about my own two yea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/deconstructing-my-misery.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500f48cede5f00002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> depression bicycling mississippi mental health mississippi teacher corps http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/black-and-white.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/black-and-white.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/black-and-white.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:23:57 -0700 It has been so hard to write anything lately. To paraphrase another Teacher Corps friend, it takes hope to write. So true. But it takes a precise, certain kind of hope, to me, like a belief in the meaning of your own words. There have been plenty... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/black-and-white.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500e398ea101f0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> soccer racism mississippi mississippi teacher corps http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/almost-worse-than-nothing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/almost-worse-than-nothing.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/almost-worse-than-nothing.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:31:21 -0800 Over dinner this evening with a couple first-years on their way back from Oxford, where we each ordered huge, bloody steaks and whiskey, and where my view of whatever college basketball game happened to be showing on TV was obstructed by the thre... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/almost-worse-than-nothing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500f48cfeff2f0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> education ethics policy mississippi teacher corps http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/tipping-drunks-for-directions.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sinister Mr. A) http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/tipping-drunks-for-directions.html?_c=feed-rss http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/tipping-drunks-for-directions.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:23:33 -0800 Two figures collide at speed and strange angles, the arms and legs in random directions and pieces falling off. Two thousand, she says, and writes it on a scrap of paper salvaged from the bottoms of pockets. The woman shouting sex and something i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pinkeyerobot.vox.com/library/post/tipping-drunks-for-directions.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bade71000500e398d844c00003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poem