Author: Lem Usita
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What Teachers Do
I have been teaching for a few years now. It has been the most interesting and funny enough – educational time in my life. I’ve spent most of my life in school. I was thinking about What Teachers Do, and there are so many things that teachers do. But the…
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Fear and Identity
I had a conversation yesterday about this idea. We were talking about just the news of the week, and the comment that ended the conversation was Fear Sells. I read this morning in Seth Godin’s blog, and he has written about Fear, scarcity and value. He says that we avoid…
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Texify from GCB
Did you watch GCB tonight? I mean, I know that the pilot was shown previously, but the season started tonight – mid-season at that. I wanted to watch it just because of the Christian undertones in the show. I read a few reviews of the show online and it seems…
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Search History Identity Picture
And you can know it too. Google knows your search history. Google has my search history since May 2006. I have almost 22,000 searches in the past 5 years. You know how it is. If I have a question about something, I Google it. I Google things for research and…
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Your Dumb Teacher
…….might have given you a label that some lazy teacher gives them. It happens all the time – a lazy teacher who doesn’t know how to care for a child will label him and get him out of her class – because teaching for her is a job and not…
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We Are Programmed to Do It One Way
The thing is – we don’t even know that this is true until we are forced to face it. Now, I know it’s a general comment, and it can fit so many different scenarios. What brought this to mind was an mid-term that I gave today. Normally you are given…
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The Power of a Friend
This morning, I had the privilege of giving a talk at the college that I teach at. I normally turn down the local speaking gigs. I mean, I teach there so it’s not like people haven’t heard me. Sometimes I think students get sick of hearing you. Anyway, I gave…
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What Informs You Forms You
What informs you forms you. When you are a little kid, your mom and dad were always around. They told y0u what to do and what not to do. They told you stories and they might have even told you that they loved you. Maybe, they might have said something…
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Been Thinking About This Today
I was listening to a podcast today and heard a line that I’ve been thinking about all day. The speaker was talking about how he hadn’t been around death in awhile. That caught my attention. There is something so formative about being around death. It helps you to process life.…
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The Oscars and Identity
One of the actors that was being interviewed said that when she watches the movies, she watches the movies to try and find herself. It was interesting how actors talk about the work that goes into the movies. And honestly like De Niro says, we have no clue what goes…
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Why We Watch Reality TV
I watched a few of these shows today. It has the power to suck you in and make you watch. I watched a show about towing cars today (I quite liked that one), one of the housewives of orange county show (not the whole thing), and now I’m watching swamp people. …
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Spreadsheet Identity
I know how to use them. I just spent the last 2 hours working on it. I enjoy setting it up. I enjoy creating them, but I am not a big fan of entering all the information. I don’t think it’s bad work. I just don’t have a Spreadsheet Identity.…
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