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Various ventures into Mr. Scott’s mind.

Cemetery of Memories

The first time I approached the cemetery in Lipnica Wielka was November of 1996, and I headed up for my first experience with All Saints' Day in Poland. I took pictures and made mental notes for my journal: I left my apartment around 4:30 and headed up to the cemetery...
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Trstená Supermarket

Just across the border from where I lived in Poland (Lipnica Wielka) and where my wife grew up (Jablonka) is a Slovak town called Trstená. We go there every time we visit family in Poland. I love Trstená because unlike much of Central Europe, it seems frozen in time....
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Warszawa Centralna

Looking at some old pictures, I found a shot of Warszawa Centralna train station from about 2002. It was an exterior night shot, and there was little indication of what the station looked like inside. What it looks like now is vaguely similar, but there have been so...
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Grading

Grading

Oct 24, 2010

Grading journals during a break from apple picking.

School Dance Boost

School Dance Boost

Oct 5, 2010

What happens when you post pictures of the school dance? You get a boost in your visitor stats!

Today’s Prompt

Sep 8, 2010

You answer a knock at the door and find a delivery guy holding a package for you. You open it up to find ... what? Describe the best package you can imagine receiving. What could i possibly want...

Why I?

Aug 25, 2010

A student in class today asked why we capitalize the first person singular subjective-case personal pronoun, I, but none of the other personal pronouns. "Why don't we capitalize 'he' or 'she'?" the...

Four in the Morning

Aug 23, 2010

She gets up every morning at four, feeds the chickens, milks the cows, makes breakfast for her husband and four boys, then gets on a rusty bus to ride to where the tourists are. It's the same...

First Night

Aug 11, 2010

The beginning of the school year is a nervous time for all involved. Parents and students are worried about having a successful year. Even the most experienced teachers get a little nervous.  The...

Scavengers

Aug 10, 2010

Teachers are scavengers. We roam the halls, looking for others' cast away items. We rummage through boxes left by departing teachers to find useful items: hanging file folders, binders, dry-erase...

Summer Break

Summer Break

Jun 8, 2009

This site is now on summer break, as you should be as well. Enjoy the break. See you in August.