(1) English 3 students started working on their Origin Myth assignments today,. A few had problems devising ideas (despite my attempts to help them with concepts like "How suspenders came to be," "How Snickers bars were created," and "Why Mountain Dew rocks!" A few others had much better progress and success, despite those same suggestions ...
(2) Intense discussion in Debate 1 on whether there should be stricter gun control in the United States. Lots of excellent arguments on both sides of the discussion brought up by the students. Tomorrow we go into more depth on gun control and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994.
(3) Was invited by Lantana Middle School to speak to their faculty on Thursday, October 10, on the benefits of debate in relation to CCSS, confidence, critical thinking, argumentative writing, etc., as well as the best practices to implement it within the classroom across the curriculum. It should be an amazing day It should be an amazing opportunity to promote debate at the middle school level.
(4) The trivia night questions at Duffy's tonight are lame. REALLY lame. "Which one of the Great Lakes is named after a state?" "Which American rock star's nickname is 'The Boss'?" "How many US senators does Florida have?" "What Beatles album cover shows Paul walking barefoot?" Really? This is the best you can come up with? I mean, I know it's the early questions, and they get harder (sometimes) as you move along, but still ...
Weird News of the Day
From The Orlando Sentinel: "'Orlando police looking for gunman after robbery" - The dude robbed a Dollar Tree. A DOLLAR TREE. SMH ...
Stupid News of the Day
From UPROXX: "Donald Trump Engaged A ‘Modern Family’ Writer In A Twitter Feud And Got Absolutely Served" - If you're gonna get into a Twitter war, you'd better come armed with a really good vocabulary and a lot less hypocrisy ...
Florida News of the Day
From Tech Dirt: "Dumb Criminals College Edition: Frat Sells Drugs, Posts Pics Of Girls On Facebook" - "FIU" now means Florida's Inane Undergrads; "Pi Kappa Alpha" now stands for "Enjoy Prison, You Pathetic Morons."
Video of the Day
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