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A Lifelong Learner's Brain Dump

Mental Health


Emotions Experienced While Grading
I think we commonly grasp the relationship between high grades and positive emotions, and low grades and negative emotions, in students. I think the relationship between grading, grades, and faculty/teacher emotions are discussed, and thus understood, less. This morning I submitted final grades for one of my courses and felt pride that I did not have to curve grades for the class. This feeling of elation was in contrast to the feelings I had over the weekend when I graded a w
Danielle Kaminski
Dec 16, 20253 min read
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Mission Statements
Danielle's personal mission statement is to foster growth of others and myself through synthesis, building a positive, authentic...
Danielle Kaminski
Sep 23, 20251 min read
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Shame
A person covers their face with their hands as if in shame. I'm reading George Takei's They Called Us Enemy. On page 140 he writes, "As...
Danielle Kaminski
Mar 3, 20251 min read
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Parking Lots (A Tool for Teachers/Facilitators)
Vehicles parked in a field, forming an unmarked parking lot The first time I heard of the parking lot idea was as a student in Dr. April...
Danielle Kaminski
Feb 25, 20251 min read
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Brain Dumps
Chicken-Scratch According to Merrium-Webster's online dictionary a brain dump is "the act or an instance of comprehensively and...
Danielle Kaminski
Feb 18, 20251 min read
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