Tag Archives: students

Getting To See the End

Posted on August 12, 2020 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on The Chronicles of Ms. K:
My third year teaching I had a student in my class who won my heart from day one. He was funny, a hard worker, and seemed to get along with everyone. Other…

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Once a Teacher, Always a Teacher

Posted on December 10, 2018 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
“A teacher is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep.”  ~W. H. Auden “One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”  ~Malala Yousafzai “I touch the future. I teach.”  ~Christa…

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Two New Studies Reveal: Time Travel is Real!

Posted on September 1, 2017 by mitchteemley

A heavily funded study at the Institute for Advanced Research in Really Important Stuff has shown that all humans (and most animals) travel toward the future at the rate of 1 DaaT (Day at a Time). More information will be … Continue reading →

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Theology 101

Posted on April 23, 2017 by mitchteemley

A professor of religious studies informed his students on the last day of the term that not one of them had demonstrated a satisfactory understanding of Christianity. He ordered them to take out a blank sheet of paper and, in … Continue reading →

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Real Fatherhood

Posted on October 3, 2016 by mitchteemley

During self-introductions a college student of mine once boasted that he’d fathered 11 children by 11 different mothers. I normally avoid judgmental statements. Not this time. “Do you support them?” I asked. “Uh, no!” he said with a grin. “Then … Continue reading →

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