Lao students

I consider myself a pretty good teacher in terms of student success and motivation.  I vary my teaching styly regularly to keep my students motivated and interested.  For example, we do a great deal of collaborative work where I allow them to work together but each individual in their group has [...]

Technology and Education

I started teaching in 1994 where technology did not play a major part in learning or the way I taught.  The only technology I had and used back then was an overhead projector.  Now that has been replaced by an LCD projector.  This small piece of machinery and the computer has [...]

Show Lao pride through education

As everybody knows, every New Year some of us make a New Year’s Resolution in an attempt to change our lives in some way, shape or form. Some of our resolution involves issues such as health, relationship, money, or personal goals. For the first couple of months, some of us will stick to our resolution [...]

Model Minority

Elizabeth Cohen’s ( a CNN Medical News correspondent) states in her article, “Suicide [is the]second-leading cause of death for Asian-American women 15-24… highest suicide rate among women of any race, ethnicity for that age group…experts cite’model minority’ expectations, family pressures as factors”.  I had an aha moment when I read the article,”Push to succeed tied [...]

A seven year old’s opinion on education

My son Austin is in a combo class: 1st/2nd grader. The reason why he is in this class is because he is among the top first graders so he was put into a combo class with the second graders. He can read at a fourth grade level. Many people probably assume that since I am [...]