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Hi, I am new to this but thought you all could help me out. I teach a mutlimedia unit on the Holocaust in Language Arts grade 8. I am looking to make this more dynamic by inviting others to join our class. I use a room through nicnet.org ( free and terrific for those interesting in linking computers for writing). I wanted to try a reading circle group using Holocaust literature and students from other schools. Each book is pretty short 100-180 pages and are set up for lots of discussions. I have alist of titles and would share with any interested.

UFO* i L L U S i O N* i D E N T i F i E D !*
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written 7-10-05 by Tracy J. Crockett
I had my first UFO sighting, in Provo, Utah, at 9:50pm on July 3rd, 3004. It began when
A strange cloud appeared over my head, which was in the shape of an upward- pointing finger. Looking above it, I saw for one full hour- 60 UFOs which moved in a variety of strange ways. All of the UFOs looked in every way to be ordinary stars!

In the following year, through a series of "UFO visitations" carried out- I believe- by a race of benevolent Aliens, I was given the clues which pointed to an astonishing illusion which has been created above us by: An exceedingly MALEVOLENT Alien race!

Four weeks into the new school year. I'm tired already. I feel as though I'm fighting a losing battle against the "culture" of school, or at least the culture of my school. We want students to succeed, but what if the students don't want to succeed because it costs too much? You have to risk a great deal in order to succeed because you almost always have to fail first.

So, I'm thinking--What do I do to turn things around for those kids of mine who are not passing? How do I change the culture of the class to make "work" a positive thing instead of a weakness? How do I convince them that in order to pass, in order to succeed, you have to take risks, especially of failure? I don't know.

Here are the T-shirt designs Georgia has come up with so far. There is a poll to vote for which one you like best.

Issues regarding making the teaching of humanities in higher education relevant to you and your students; finding ways to lower the cost of education for your students.

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10 things the ALIENS do NOT want YOU to KNOW!
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Written by Tracy J. Crockett
January 18, 2006

When I say "Aliens" know that I am referring to all of the humans who are cooperating with them as well.

10 things the ALIENS do NOT want YOU to KNOW!

1-The Aliens have spread out a darkening agent, over Earth's
populated cities(through the means of "jet" contrails)which

Another "literacy crisis" story. I wonder why reporters, ostensibly inquisitive by nature, never think to ask the question of literacy crisis purveyors: If we're so woefully underprepared to survive in an info-rich world, how is it we keep surviving in an info-rich world? Each generation of students, horribly illiterate though they are, keep finding and succeeding at jobs in the modern work place. They get out of school unable to this or that or the other, but somehow they manage to do this, that, the other, and some new stuff besides.

Weird, huh?

Study: College students lack literacy for complex tasks