History Is Elementary

Wordless: ONE

Published on 2010-08-25 07:48:00

With some of the changes around here I’ve decided to bring back my little guessing game for Wednesdays. Here’s how it goes…..I post a picture and you need to guess regarding who or what it is and perhaps explain how the picture fits into history. Later, I’ll post the answer and identify the person who guesses correctly.Who is this man? Can you tell me something he did?Interesting face and mustache, huh? His daughter has been in the news lately. Other bloggers post wordless images on Wedn

The Facebook Phenom

Published on 2010-08-22 18:16:00

I’ve had a personal Facebook profile since April, 2009, and I’ve enjoyed the journey adding people, “like and dislike”, commenting, and keeping up with friends and family. I’ve made some new friends, and happily I’ve reconnected with many friends from my childhood. I’ve even enjoyed connecting to a few bloggers on Facebook who just happened to know that other name I go by, and I’ve collected some new friends by creating a fan page for my Georgia blog, Georgia on My Mind. Now it�

Seriously? Seriously.....

Published on 2010-08-20 13:53:00

The television show Grey’s Anatomy has made the word seriously a go to word when shocked, surprised, angry, etc. as seen in this video:I’ve even been known to use it myself, so when a friend sent me the following pictures I started thinking about the concept of the word serious and its connotations regarding the field of education.These pictures show a different kind of airline, don’t they? The labeling on the plane reminds me of primary elementary classrooms where the teacher labels every