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One thing I like about being around hoards of six- to eight-year-old people for hours on end is that I get to see some more obvious cases of human nature being manifest. Case in point, making teams f… more →
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grantbushman wrote 8 months ago: One thing I like about being around hoards of six- to eight-year-old people for hours on end is that … more →
Riddle Me This
grantbushman wrote 10 months ago: The books that I have read say that teaching to the smart kids is the most effective way to get the … more →
Simile Smile
grantbushman wrote 11 months ago: I taught the Eyos (Eight-Year-Olds) about similes and metaphors. Not only will it help them understa … more →
Democracy and Cookies
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: I have done my fair share of offending people this election season, so I don’t imagine that my discu … more →
Halloween Part 1
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: It was nice to find a costume that utilized my natural strengths. It was hard to pretend that I like … more →
Yo Ho Ho
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: September 19th is National Talk Like a Pirate Day, so my class celebrated. Mr. Bushman took the day … more →
My Job Can Beat Up Your Job
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: Here are ten things that I take for granted. It is only when I step back a while that I realize just … more →
There's No Home-like Place
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: A few months ago, I found myself in a very strange place emotionally. I felt like a foreigner no mat … more →
Drawing Strength
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: I have a rule: never expect anyone to share a feeling that I am not willing to share first. In this … more →
Idiom, Sir?
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: From the first day of school, I would differentiate between when I was speaking idiomatically or lit … more →
The Haircut
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: It took me FOREVER to get this video finished (and it still isn’t great), but I think it was w … more →
Support Public Education
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: One hundred years from now it will not matter, what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived … more →
The Dudes
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: I have avoided writing about the Dudes for some time. Although they are part of my day-to-day, there … more →
Two Homework Assignments
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: Part One We read a great simile from the book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. It was something about how t … more →
Beautiful Cool
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes I feel like Hugh Hefner’s virtuous twin. I too am surrounded by beautiful women all day. S … more →
The Ice Cream Sandwich Episode
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: It was “Doug’s” birthday and his Mom brought Ice Cream Sandwiches. I LOVE Ice Cream Sandwiches. Don’ … more →
A Late Recess
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: I had just finished a grueling session of Core Testing with my class and it was time for recess. I p … more →
Maybe There is Hope After All
grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: My class earned a celebration today. This basically means that they earned the special treat of lis … more →
How I Call in My Class
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grantbushman wrote 1 year ago: After a number of failed attempts, I finally found a unique and effective way of calling my students … more →
