What am I hoping to do with this blog?
My name is Irvin Scott, and I am a teacher at heart. I began my teaching experience in 1989 with Mr. Kenneth Barrett, at J. P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster, PA. McCaskey was a typical, large,...
View ArticleThe Bridge that Ms. Scritchfield Built....
I was in ninth grade (nearly 30 years ago) when a teacher changed my life by building a bridge to a Road less traveled. The Year: 1981The School: Central Jr. High SchoolThe Location: Chambersburg,...
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The New Civil Rights Movement: Equity in Education (An essay from 10 years ago)
Where are the mean, cruel, evil-hearted, racist bigots when you need them? Where are the hoses they used to blow my ancestors and others across the streets like rag dolls? Where are the German...
View ArticleWhy Teacher Voice / Professionalism
While most Americans – if not all – can name a teacher that had a significant impact on their lives, the current, national perception towards teachers does not appear to reflect that personal affinity...
View ArticleIn Response to Shaun Johnson's Blog: "What if We Treat Doctors the Way We...
The central argument of the blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shaun-johnson/treating-doctors-like-teachers_b_812096.html can be summed up in the following statement from the writer, who predicts the...
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Two dreams come together....
Yesterday I was in Memphis, TN at a venue just 1.7 miles away from where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his final speech. I was there to participate in a conference on compensation and career lattice...
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View ArticleIrvin Scott's 9th Grade Football Poem: Inspired by Tony Dorsett, Robert...
I Am Determined: An Ode to Dorsett, Frost, and Scritchfield*Behind two back I standWaiting for the first Back's handWhich holds the thing To make me springTo reach the touchdown's brand.Sometimes I'm...
View ArticleMountaintop Reflections: What do YOU do when opportunity knocks?
In the late 1800s, American poet and state legislator, John James Ingalls penned a short, powerful reminder on the importance of seizing the day. In the poem Opportunity, Ingalls uses personification...
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