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  1. Word Count

     When You Should Reduce Your Goals
    Thu Aug 26 09:00:00 EDT 2021
    Learn how reducing your own expectations can make it easier to achieve your goals.

  2. Teachers at Work

     They Blinded Me With Science
    Mon Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Hello, dear "Teachers at Work" readers! I hope all is well, and that you, unlike me, have not yet begun to calculate how many days are left in the summer before school begins again. What can I say? I like to know my limits. But everyone else should chillax, as my students would say, were they not asleep on the beach.

  3. Word Count

     The Tyra Banks Approach to Writing
    Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    Do you have a supermodel you can consult with? Headline notwithstanding, I don't mean Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell or even that inimitable diva, Tyra Banks. (I call this column the Tyra Banks approach because I'm Canadian and irony is in my nature.)

  4. Word Count

     Do You Suffer from Irritable Desk Syndrome?
    Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016
    While it's true that Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, and Mark Twain all had messy workplaces, it's also certain that clean, organized desks keep most people efficient and more productive. I know that I'm always more prolific, more creative and happier when my desk is tidy. Which isn't to say that I'm always able to keep it that way. Some days I fear I must be suffering from Irritable Desk Syndrome.

  5. Evasive Maneuvers

     Carbon-restrained Health and Lifestyle Lunacy
    Wed Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017
    Are you so worried about global warming you can't carbon-restrain yourself? If so, you have a vocabulary term in common with Energy Secretary Rick Perry. This term, and the other euphemisms collected here, are real but insubstantial, like a vengeful ghost or stubborn denial of science.

  6. Candlepower

     The Greening of Business Names
    Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Green, as they say in the fashion world, is the new black. It's the color that conveys a spectrum of happy ideas: environmental health, recycling, alternative energy, and generally doing the right thing. And green business and product names are flourishing.

  7. Weekly Worksheet

     In Warren's Words: Brown v. Board of Education
    Tue May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    On May 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court reached a unanimous decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. This case -- probably the most famous and influential in the field of public education -- ended the practice of racial segregation in America's public schools. This week's worksheet asks students to analyze a series of quotations taken from Chief Justice Earl Warren's majority opinion with the help of the Visual Thesaurus.

  8. Teachers at Work

     Stop the Madness: A Plea for Grammar Laxity
    Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2012
    A well-meaning friend has done it once again: this time, I'm tagged on Facebook on a photo that pokes fun at "Grammar Nazis." In the past, I've been the recipient of grammar manuals and gotten emails from strangers encouraging me to join a grammarians' mailing list. It's all very kind, of course, but the truth must out: I am not a grammarian. Nor a Grammar Nazi. I wouldn't even say I'm a Grammar Fiend.

  9. Word Count

     Writing Method: Painting a Damaged Character
    Sat Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    The protagonist in Laurel Dewey's novel Protector has some, well, issues. But this character also exudes a deep sense of humanity, a feeling that has truly moved so many of the book's readers. So how did Laurel pull give her "damaged" character texture, dimension -- and soul? We asked the author for her insights, the latest of our series of conversations with Laurel about the novel-writing craft. Read on:

  10. Wordmasters

     WordMasters: Grade 5 Blue Division Mar-Apr '08
    Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2008
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