I Want to be a Failure?

July 22nd, 2009

Over the past year, one of the most popular search terms that leads people to this blog is “fail.” And as a educator, I guess I do think and discuss failure in its many forms quite often.
But this morning, my Twitter friend Kneale Mann shared a link to a short video called Famous Failures. When [...]

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How to Fail a Class (Without Really Trying)

February 26th, 2009

Now that winter semester is well on its way, I took some time to reminisce about all the ways that students can do well in my classes. But instead of sharing those with you today, I’ll instead offer the flip-side: what you should do if your goal is to FAIL a class. I promise you [...]

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