tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1472656 2011-11-06T10:46:27-08:00 My thoughts about life and living and what it takes to make a difference today. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1462898834015436acd290970c 2011-11-06T10:46:27-08:00 2011-11-06T10:46:27-08:00

For Immediate Release... via yotamak.blogs.com<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/vmN75uN9VE0" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2011/11/smart-real-estate-foreclosures-announces-website-upgrades.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f14628988340147e387fab4970b 2011-03-28T18:25:36-07:00 2011-03-28T18:25:36-07:00

No, this isn't about the federal government shuffling statistics to make things look better - although that would not be surprising. This is about a report in USAToday about the District of Columbia Public Schools having some very questionable results...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/2rKTTIWg3jo" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2011/03/is-dc-playing-fast-and-loose-with-numbers.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f14628988340120a8d00193970b 2010-02-24T15:41:01-08:00 2010-02-24T15:41:01-08:00

I just read an interesting post on another blog, and I wanted to share it with anyone out there. The post is by leadership trainer Kevin Eikenberry and it discusses personal responsibility - a topic I plan to have some...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/QSAXTAlcp_Q" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2010/02/taking-responsibility-a-recommended-post.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f14628988340120a883f959970b 2010-02-10T10:00:00-08:00 2010-02-10T10:00:00-08:00

Previously I compared public education and Communism. The comparison was not good for either system, but there is good news - at least for public education. We have seen that in general the only way to "improve" Communism is to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/N-T5Na17v98" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2010/02/fixing-education-a-suggestion.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f146289883401287773c643970c 2010-02-08T10:00:00-08:00 2010-02-08T10:00:00-08:00

Last we saw the Recovering Teacher, he had just compared Public Education with Communism. Since he wasn't sent to Siberia (or East LA), let's see what he has to say this time... I want to follow up on my Communism...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/EFn1NDiuBSQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2010/02/communism-and-public-education-the-worst-of-both-worlds.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f14628988340120a8620594970b 2010-02-04T12:59:16-08:00 2010-02-04T12:59:16-08:00

Last time I said that I was going to ruffle a few feathers. Well, I’m not sure if I have yet, but I’m going to try again to get things stirred up. After all, isn’t healthy debate what it’s all...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/ZS0qlPc-i8w" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2010/02/a-bill-of-goods-the-problem.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f14628988340120a84ecda5970b 2010-02-02T12:45:10-08:00 2010-02-02T12:45:10-08:00

First, I know I’m going to upset some people with this (if anyone actually reads this, that is), but I’m going to write it anyway. After all, isn’t that part of the reason for a blog – to get your...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/eR16Cx-V1Zg" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2010/02/a-bill-of-goods.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1462898834012877036a08970c 2010-01-22T22:36:21-08:00 2010-01-22T22:37:07-08:00

It's been a while since I blogged here, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. In fact, I've been quite busy since I last posted here. For the past couple years I have been writing a community blog about...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/o2s4bJh5lsI" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2010/01/returning-from-the-ether.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-46052688 2008-02-23T17:56:46-08:00 2008-02-23T17:56:46-08:00

In his fourth installment of “The Cho Factor,” Robert Ringer takes a look at a series of shootings over the past decade, to show a pattern of taunting and bullying. And it is true, that all of the examples he gives of students who shot multiple victims, the shooters had been bullied and harassed before – sometimes for years. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/Gk_7eqv8CPM" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2008/02/in-a-corner.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-45649740 2008-02-14T23:41:10-08:00 2008-02-14T23:41:10-08:00

In his third installment of “The Cho Factor,” Robert Ringer discusses the topic of “evil.” He was inspired to this topic by a broadcast of “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” that he saw. He talks about how he tuned in just in time to see the presentation of an award to a young man who helped barricade a door to a classroom at Virginia Tech during the Cho shooting spree. In the presentation a comment was made about how this student had “confronted evil and won” – and this got Ringer to wondering about evil versus human action.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LetsLookAtLife/~4/m0gJGQar1CE" height="1" width="1"/>

Stephen Prendergast http://recoveringteacher.typepad.com/lets_look_at_life/2008/02/are-people-born.html