Tag Archives: Education
Melanie’s Fall Semester
This past fall was my last semester of graduate school. I didn’t have any classes, so I spent 5 days a week at my externship site. I was at the elementary school in our town. The school was about 14 … Continue reading
Spring 2009 Classes
The semester is over, so it’s time for my update of the semester. This semester was probably my busiest one so far with 4 classes and clinic. My classes this semester included Fluency, Traumatic Brain Injury, Aphasia, and Dysphagia. Technically … Continue reading
A degree in creationism in Texas?
A recent story on FoxNews describes a Texas legislator’s attempt to allow the Institute for Creation Research to award a Master of Science degree. It appears that the bill would exempt certain types of non-profit educational institutions from regulation by … Continue reading
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Fall Clinic
Well, now that the new semester has started I’ll write about clinic last semester. I had two clients last semester. Both were nonverbal. The irony of it struck me at the end of the semester… I was doing speech therapy … Continue reading
Fall School Semester
Well, now that the semester is over, I’ll get around to writing about it. I wanted to do this months ago, but I never did. My schedule was very different this year. I had 2 block classes on Monday, and … Continue reading
The Experience Canard
There has been a lot of talk in the last few days about Gov. Sarah Palin’s experience–whether she has enough to be vice president or not. Even some conservative writers suggest that she just doesn’t have what it takes. The … Continue reading
Rethinking Higher Education
There has been an interesting series on edwired about changing higher education to match the “free” economy. The series is called “The End of Western Civilization (as we know it).” My question is this: Would the amorphous, free learning environment … Continue reading