Ryan Bolland’s blog

Success

2009-08-27T01:15:09Z

Today a student described me as "calm." It caught me a little off guard, then made me feel great.

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Interesting findings...

2009-07-20T03:33:21Z

An article that says that delinquent behavior among adolescent males is contagious. Maybe we shouldn't put all those kids in ISS together.... Also serves as an argument against tracking, too, I think.

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Three things I suck at, and one thing I do ok

2009-06-03T16:48:49Z

Three things that I need to improve upon: 1) classroom management - consistency, swiftness of punishment, taking as little time away from instruction to deal with discipline as possible. 2) differentiating instruction - teaching to the top third,...

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School District Design

2009-06-03T16:25:03Z

The general philosophy exhibited in this district plan is that teachers with a decreased workload and fewer students will be more effective because they are able to spend more time instructing each individual student. Also, resources are allotted...

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"Fruitful dialogue between the Gospel and culture"

2009-05-18T02:45:00Z

The 164th commencement exercises at the University of Notre Dame were today. I watched the ceremony until just after President Obama's commencement address. For those of you who are unfamiliar, there has been quite a controversy over the Univers...

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What is it like in Mr. Bolland's Classroom?

2009-04-29T00:37:26Z

I gave each of my students a survey as a bellringer. I asked them not to write their names on it, but some did anyway. Below are the complete, unedited responses that I found most amusing and/or eye-opening. I also tries to omit any responses I...

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Shocked.

2009-02-11T00:59:30Z

Well that was fun. A nice little trip to Kroger. Bought hummus for the first time in my life. Got to see a woman whip her 3ish year old twins with a twig in the florist section. Why does this woman still have custody of her children?! She was...

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Why should someone join the Mississippi Teacher Corps?

2008-12-11T14:26:50Z

My favorite emails in the world always greet me the same way: "Ben Guest......Blog Topics" Heavy sigh of frustration. Click on the email which reads: Two posts, due by 8:00 AM Thursday, December 11th: 1) Why should someone join the Mississi...

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This is weird

2008-08-31T21:23:40Z

I just drove up I-55 to run some errands and pick up some things to make sure we'd be alright if our power was out for a few days. One of the first cars I saw on the highway I noticed because it had a Guitar Hero controller visible in the back wi...

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The Name Game

2008-08-29T03:33:27Z

Names that I have been called while I'm working: Mr. Bolland Man Maaaaine Bruh Mr. Uh..uh...uh.... Mr. Boldin Mr. Bolden Mr. Bills (a 7th grade science teacher last year who was white and apparently resembles me) Mr. Bollen Mr. Ballin Mr. Bollent ...

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