http://www.vickiegill.com Effective teaching, classroom management, parenting Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:30:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  This is a caricature by the gifted Aidan Terry of me and my dear friend, Cynthia Carbone Ward.  He was Cynthia's student when he was in 6th grade, and I was lucky enough to have him in my class in 9th grade.  Aidan was the first person to add a comment ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/52 "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the immensity of the sea."  Antoine de Saint-Exupery I've been revising my first book over the past few days and have been ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/49 On the third day of school, I had the students in my 9th grade English class do an activity where they had to make assumptions about another student--low-risk things like favorite type of food, music, movies, etc.  The kids enjoyed the activity and for homework, wrote a journal entry about the ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/47 "I love power.  But it is as an artist that I love it.  I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies." I've been trying to help a public school system start up a charter school; it opens in just  a few ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/46 Throughout my career I’ve met students who claim they don’t need to learn whatever I’m offering because they know exactly what they’ll be doing in a few years – they have it all figured out. I tell them that if someone had told me when I was a teenager that ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/43 I have just left my current teaching position for another in a different school. Six months ago, I was determined to do something outside of the field of education, but I've been drawn back in by the challenge of starting up a new school. Over the years, I've ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/38 This Discussion Forum is a way for my students – past, present, and future – to keep in touch and pose their questions or thoughts. Post your comments below to participate. http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/29 Many years ago I ran across the quote that sits in the upper right-hand corner of this page:  "Education is either to calm the disturbed or disturb the calm."  I honestly can't remember who said that, but it stuck with me because I had to think about it for awhile before I decided ... http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/1