Thoughts on Civics, Character and Elections : "Just Asking."
A Wednesday (favorite things and other ridiculous matters).
The most important asset you have is either Time or Bitcoin.
SUMMARY, HISTORY, EDUCATIONJoseph Longa day in the life, day-Tuesday, subject-mathematics, grade-8th, school 2023-24, subject-government, teaching, subject-economics, quotes
Sweep a floor and embrace naïveté (an extra five thoughts on art, mindsets, and creativity).
Keep unfinished ideas accessible (five more thoughts on art, mindsets, and creativity).
What has changed in my lifetime : notes on technology & society from an interview with my daughter.
ASSIGNMENT, EDUCATION, HISTORYJoseph Long2023, school 2022-23, grade-10th, subject-history, history-modern, education & learning thoughts, culture & society, technology, documenting, teaching
Maybe the youth aren't the ones gone wild (a Tuesday).
EDUCATION, SUMMARY, ELAJoseph Longhomeschool, school 2023-24, politics, 2024, subject-government, culture & society, teaching, day-Tuesday, Jonny Long
Be in the long game (five more thoughts on art, mindsets, and creativity).
Doubt is a prerequisite (five more thoughts on art, mindsets, and creativity).
What makes us soar (morning music, David’s BFFs, 6-year old reading, Raymond Carver & the Bible, Shostakovich).
EDUCATION, SUMMARY, RELIGION, MUSICJoseph Longhomeschool, day-Wednesday, 2023, school 2022-23, recommendation-short story, recommendations, music-Modern period, music-musicians, religion-Bible, 1000s BC, Character-friendship, Character-trust, grade-kindergarten, Character-curiosity, education & learning thoughts, 1980s, 1981, religion-Judaism, religion-Christianity, quotes, grade-10th, grade-7th, Character-honesty, 20th century, work
Can I grade myself an A++?
SUMMARYJoseph Longgrade-10th, grade-7th, school 2022-23, 2023, subject-mathematics, Admiral James, careers, work, friends, day-Thursday
Chopped-off heads and other euphemisms (lenses of the world, King Saul, spelling tests, digestive systems, basket-balancing, Medusa, Camille Saint-Saëns, Alice Walker)
EDUCATION, SUMMARYJoseph Long2022, school 2021-22, homeschool, day-Wednesday, ELA-literature, recommendation-short story, religion-Bible, friends, grade-kindergarten, libraries, music-Romantic period, recommendations, books, social studies-geography
Aristotle and Linnaeus were not triplets (five more thoughts on art, mindsets, and creativity).
Let there be Trust (five thoughts on learning).
Whistler’s mum (five more thoughts on art, mindsets and creativity).
I took Wonder Woman and it’s mine (ownership, progress and individualism, chess, the joy of Latin, The Great War, Karen Joy Fowler, theater rehearsal and library checkouts ).
“Hey, I don’t suck at math anymore!”
My wife’s huge mistake (6am convos, Babel, building character via mandated discussion groups, the not-so-secret lives of celebrities, cryptography).
No days off (five thoughts on art, mindsets and creativity).
The value of Encouraging Patience : 5 things I learned from a 7/8 math class.
