1. Education Experience, Observations, and Trepidation Regarding the Future
Post-Grad, World Trade Center
Universities: 16 years
Bushibans: 2 years
Grade 3-12: 2.5 years
Science Park Engineers

2. Thomas Sowell
Back when I taught at UCLA, I was constantly amazed at how little so many students knew. Finally, I could no longer restrain myself from asking a student the question that had long puzzled me: "What were you doing for the last 12 years before you got here?"

3. 2000 Taiwan is in the top 10 countries in education
2016
US NEWS & World Reports: TAIWAN
Not in the top 60!

4. (it’s worse than you think!)

5. U. S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U. S
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.  2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.  3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.  4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.  5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.  6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.  7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?  8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?

6. Orthography (Time, one hour) 1
Orthography (Time, one hour) 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?  2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?  3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?  4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.  5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.  6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.  7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.  8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.  9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.  10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

7. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895 Grammar (Time, one hour) 1
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS  Grammar (Time, one hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.  3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.  4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of: do, lie, lay and run.  5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.  6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.  Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

8. The GOOD

9. The BAD
Why aren’t you in class?

10. And THE UGLY

11. MOTIVATION

13. BRIBES! (translation = treats)

14. Re-inventing the Wheel

15. VICTORY!

17. Education Research What to eat for Breakfast Getting Enough Sleep What color should the walls be?
So, why aren’t they learning anything?
(If they aren’t learning, does the color of the walls matter?)

19. Qualifications: Cup Stacking Concentration: Napping
Degree in: Attendance
Qualifications: Cup Stacking
Concentration: Napping
Employment Prospects: Do you Want Fries With That?

20. Technology & Peter Piper
John Smith      
piper          
peck         - imgrc=wrj4IfANGcrSXM%3A
pickles    
peppers  

22. What’s This? 5…4…3…2…1

23. Sometimes Old Ways Work Best…

24. And the Answer is:

25. Old School ----- Scholarship
New Era = New Strategy
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Student Banking

26. 1 Example: Start with $100nt
Bonuses Earned for:
Scoring 100%
Extra credit
Participating in group projects
Student leader
Passing the Final
Deductions for:
Very low scores
Bad behavior
Incomplete work
Failing the Final
End of Semester = Payout! Time for Treats!

28. HAPPY DAYS!
(If THAT doesn’t work, I’m fresh out of Ideas!)

29. Some Things are INAPPROPRIATE!