The following is a guest post by Susan Good of RetiredEducator.org. Visit her blog for more great articles like this one! Teachers are more than educators. They are community leaders and are largely responsible for shaping what our world will look like in the future. If you are thinking about stepping into the classroom, keepContinue reading “Teaching: A Calling Not Just A Career”
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The Real Shortcut to Learning
At some point most of us find ourselves needing or wanting to learn another language. Thankfully, we live in a world with a surplus of available information. There are countless free and paid learning resources available. We have apps, books, online courses, and everything in between that promise to teach us just about any languageContinue reading “The Real Shortcut to Learning”
How Texting Affects Literacy and Grammar
With all the advancements in communication in the last few decades, texting has become a commonplace form of communication. Because of the quick and often brief nature of texting, a new abbreviated communication register referred to as “textese” has surfaced. Due to the informal nature of textese and its blatant disregard for basic grammar andContinue reading “How Texting Affects Literacy and Grammar”
The Benefits of Studying Latin
Latin may be a dead language, but it is not useless or irrelevant. For years the study of Latin was common practice in schools and colleges for good reason. Though Latin is no longer a requirement in most schools or college majors, the study of Latin still has benefits, no matter what discipline one mightContinue reading “The Benefits of Studying Latin”