http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Second Year MTC participant...Ole Miss Grad.... en Vox Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:30:23 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/mtc-experiencebenthe-grand-finalethe-big-enchilada.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/mtc-experiencebenthe-grand-finalethe-big-enchilada.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/mtc-experiencebenthe-grand-finalethe-big-enchilada.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:30:23 -0700 Tammy Pelli. Christian Wilkins. Former MTC teachers. Susan Sheridan. Nancy Kent. Mr. Teague. Life-long Mississippi Educators. These are the teachers who have had the greatest impact on my life as educators. I attended Greenwood High School in Gree... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/mtc-experiencebenthe-grand-finalethe-big-enchilada.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017bee017860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/dear-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/dear-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/dear-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:49:02 -0700 Dear First Years, Look around the room. Some of you will quit within the first few days. Some of you will quit during the first year, while others will at least make it until the end of the first year. Your life is about to change, and if you do... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/dear-first-years.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015fe3fb3860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/a-portrait-of-mississippi--ben-32409-rough-draft.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/a-portrait-of-mississippi--ben-32409-rough-draft.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/a-portrait-of-mississippi--ben-32409-rough-draft.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:40:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017b4dfb4860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017b4dfb4860e-50si" alt="Map" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011016743ab1860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011016743ab1860d-50si" alt="Map(2)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The data provided in the analysis of Mississippi provided results that are already common knowledge. African Americans in Mississippi are disadvantaged. The average African American today has the opportunities of African Americans thirty years ag... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/a-portrait-of-mississippi--ben-32409-rough-draft.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101673f860860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/my-girls--freewrite-ben-32409.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/my-girls--freewrite-ben-32409.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/my-girls--freewrite-ben-32409.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:11:01 -0700 I was brought to tears yesterday when one of my track athletes confessed to me that her mother did not have enough money to buy her track shoes. That was not the worse of it. Tragedy has fallen on her doorstep. In addition, her mother is unemploy... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/my-girls--freewrite-ben-32409.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017b4a062860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-not-my-pov.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-not-my-pov.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-not-my-pov.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:42:21 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015ea56cf860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015ea56cf860b-50si" alt="I got my GED" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd50109d0733ab3000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd50109d0733ab3000e-50si" alt="Photo 8" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd50110162f2562860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd50110162f2562860c-50si" alt="Debate 2" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd50110166a0330860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd50110166a0330860d-50si" alt="Oh Pickles!" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017aaa8f9860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017aaa8f9860e-50si" alt="Tunica Game" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015ea56cd860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015ea56cd860b-50si" alt="Debate" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is the face and personality that my students get on most days!! They rarely see this! (well...) I was really curious as to how my students see me as a teacher, so I asked. Here are two responses: 1. Nice, smart, teach great, not too har... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-not-my-pov.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015ea577d860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/they-do-like-me.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/they-do-like-me.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/they-do-like-me.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:24:05 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017aa966c860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011017aa966c860e-50si" alt="Stewart" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/they-do-like-me.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011018099998860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-community-essay.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-community-essay.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-community-essay.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:04:28 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669ef9d860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669ef9d860d-50si" alt="Railroad" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669efa4860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669efa4860d-50si" alt="IMG_2124" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669efaa860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669efaa860d-50si" alt="IMG_2126" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669efb1860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd501101669efb1860d-50si" alt="Picture 2" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011018099894860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011018099894860f-50si" alt="Picture" /></a> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972aa4164cd50110162f11c7860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd972aa4164cd50110162f11c7860c-50si" alt="Museum" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Holly Springs, Mississippi is a place that seems very uneventful on the surface. It is surprisingly home to a number of historical events in history. The first picture is one of a marker that is home to the Mississippi Central Railroad Depot. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-21909-community-essay.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5011015ea43ae860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response-1.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:31:45 -0800 I must admit...I am a little slow. [inside joke to be exposed!] After finally realizing that my school blocks articles from The New Yorker, I was able to read the article. So much for not buying internet at home. The article was very interesting ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd50109d0fe7715000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:31:44 -0800 I must admit...I am a little slow. [inside joke to be exposed!] After finally realizing that my school blocks articles from The New Yorker, I was able to read the article. So much for not buying internet at home. The article was very interesting ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/assigned-blog-11509--annals-of-education-response.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd50109d0fe7714000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/freewrite--ben-assigned-blog-11509.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Crystal Dawn Stewart) http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/freewrite--ben-assigned-blog-11509.html?_c=feed-rss http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/freewrite--ben-assigned-blog-11509.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:47:06 -0800 I think that this is the time of year when most teachers, new teachers especially, are frustrated with a number of things that are going on in their school district or at least in their school building. This school term has shown me that there ar... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://crystaldawnstewart.vox.com/library/post/freewrite--ben-assigned-blog-11509.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972aa4164cd5010980c9af39000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>