Word: blackboarding
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...orientation; it was heated, but it was an important first step. On Tuesday, four Mather residents distributed more than 100 pink triangle signs to fellow residents to demonstrate solidarity with the gay, lesbian and bisexual community. They did so following the appearance of a message on a dining hall blackboard reading, "Harvard faggots...
Proponents of this trend say career changers are often more motivated and more effective than teachers who took the conventional path to the blackboard. "These are a different type of teacher," says Dianne Worthy, South Carolina's supervisor of teacher education. "They bring more life experience with them...
...Expectorate -- to spit." Barry Smolin points to one of 20 vocabulary words he has written on the blackboard. The class titters...
Burnout. It can happen as easily at the blackboard as in the boardroom. "There are days when I go home with a migraine," says Chicago's Bertha. "It's a stressful job." Especially for those who work with learning- disabled or troubled children. Last spring, after three years of teaching special ed, Michael Pugliese asked to be reassigned to a regular classroom. "When you give your all, and there's no hope -- that's too much," he says...
COVER: The blackboard jungle is fast evolving, and so is the role of teachers...