Jacob Deitz’s blog

Ashes or dust

2009-04-28T15:22:00Z

“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet...

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Self-fulfilling prophecies

2009-04-02T20:02:23Z

So I just had the craziest déjà vu, I am explaining to my 8th period class about how they will preserve their plants. More specifically I am explaining the process of melting wax paper with an iron around a plant to preserve the plants. As I am t...

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The education of little tree

2008-07-19T14:03:32Z

I'm sitting under this tree right now, and felt that I had to share its magnificence with the world. I've been trying to figure out a good way to observe Newton's laws through simple machines and found myself wishing that this was an apple tree a...

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Creepin on myself

2008-07-02T14:03:57Z

I chose the title because I feel kind of weird watching myself teach. My image of self has always been internalized, so it is weird seeing me from the outside. The first thing I noticed about my teaching habits (if they can be called habits thi...

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Its a great day to be alive!

2008-06-08T22:23:38Z

Red dirt roads, muddy water and catfish, I've run the red dirt roads, swam in the muddy water and eaten catfish (as well as crawfish) and its a great day to be alive. We have a great group of new teachers down here and I am enjoying every minute....

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