Memo to BIOS 101 students re their recent exam

We had our third BIOS 101 exam this week. As a result, I sent them all a letter. Note item (2) in particular. - JJ

Comments to BIOS 101 students about their Friday writings.

Collective feedback, after the first eight weeks of the semester, to my 251 BIOS 101 students about their extemporaneous Friday writings and follow-up self-assessments. I wish you could all read these papers; they're the rough equivalent of a 251-person focus group that meets every Friday for four hours.

Comments to my BIOS 101 students about grades

This link is to a letter that I sent out to my 251 General Biology students this morning.

Henry A. Giroux | When Generosity Hurts: Bill Gates, Public School Teachers and the Politics of Humiliation

Forward from Truthout. - JJ

Education

Read on through the article to see where our local Tea Party members get their education.

Thora's bot bly

YouTube video of Matt and Melissa Bolek's dog Thora, and the bunny she snapped at Cedar Point Biological Station during the summer, 2010. The bunny had a couple of really wonderful Cuterebra larvae coming out of its neck.

Chapter 7 from Bernice and John

This link is to one of the chapters from a book I'm working on entitled Bernice and John: Finally Meeting Your Parents Who Died a Long Time Ago. I don't know why I decided to post this chapter, except that automobiles and petroleum have been on my mind lately, probably because of a summer spent commuting to and from Cedar Point Biological Station, 286 miles from home. Comments are welcome.