Joe McVeigh

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Class chemistry

September 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Have you ever taught a class that just never seemed to come together? Or one in which the students all worked together really well? Do you think that classes have their own personalities?
I first learned about the concept of class chemistry as a student teacher. My master teacher, a wonderful woman named Martha Bean, commented […]

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What teachers inspired you?

August 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · TESOL, teacher-training

One of my most memorable teachers was a high school English teacher. Thomas Donovan had been teaching for nearly forty years and was in his sixties when I had him as a 14-year-old student. He was what today we would call “old school.” That is, he was very traditional in the way […]

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