earth-song:

High Sierra Sanctuary by ~david richter photo

The 10,911 ft (3,326 m) Cathedral Peak towers over Upper Cathedral Lake and much of Yosemite National Park like an ancient sanctuary. During a colorful late August sunset the western slope picks up the last light of the day, as seen from the granite blocks 130 feet above the lake’s surface and a deer browsing in the meadow to the left of the lake.

While in the distance the peaks of Matterhorn Peak, Twin Peaks, Camiaca Peak (most distant, right behind Fairview Dome) and Sheep Peak (left to right) loom just as majestically over Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada range. 

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teachmoments:

Maria, the student I referenced in my “It Gets Better” comics, appeared a whole bunch in the strip’s early days. This is one of my favorite of her appearances. Having read those comics, you can see the through line here of the things Maria was dealing with during her high school years.

Teachers get a bad rap for not wanting to put weight behind the tangibles in our profession - the data, the constant observations. That’s the stuff supposed to be quantifiable. I don’t know many teachers who feel this way but, ok, I can see the layperson viewing this as teachers not wanting to be “accountable” or whatever.

Something like what’s happening in the above comic… it’s not quantifiable. You can’t weigh the ability of a student being able to open up to you about a problem against how they score on a high stakes test. It’s impossible.

…and yet, if you ask most educators, it’s exactly these kind of situations that MAKE them who they are. It makes them do what they do. There willing to endure quite a lot in the service of helping young people in any way then can. I’m hopeful someday I’ll live in a world where that’s not taken for granted quite so much.

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adventuresofastudentteacher:

Best. Can’t really do this in religious, moral and philosophical studies, though. It’s all the thought.

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animals-animals-animals:

Leopard (by Marsel van Oosten)

teachingtoday:

Nice anchor chart. Saving this for next year.

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animals-animals-animals:

Giant Anteater (by Giovanni Mari)

animals-animals-animals:

Leatherback Sea Turtle (by Kelly Martin)