December 2016
Editorial Linguist Deborah Tannen once wrote that male-female communication is like cross-cultural communication. She explained that boys and girls grow up in their [...] Editorial A Tribute to Gary Van Arragon, Editor Editors are a lot like theatrical lighting designers—when they are really good at what they do, you don’t notice them. Gary Van [...] Article Among the teachers I remember gratefully is my history professor, Dr. Poland. No doubt I owe to him much of what I know [...] Article "They have healed the brokenness of my people superficially, saying, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14 Have you ever [...] Article Bad Language, Telling the Truth, and What the Commandments Say about Communicating What Middle School Students Think I say to the middle school students, “So, what does the Bible say about language use?” “Don’t [...] Article One of the more troubling details of international adoption is that young children brought to new countries often completely lose their native [...] Article Care-Full Words: Leveraging the Power to Deepen or Divide Words. Words have power. Words echo in our ears and sink into our hearts. It doesn’t matter how hard the outer shell [...] P@nel.edu Healthy Communication Among Teachers To contribute to the theme of this issue of CEJ, our panel decided to tackle the issue of teacher-teacher communication. We began [...] Day in the Life The Words of My Mouth and the Meditations of My Heart Mary Boerman Lagerway, an English and Bible Teacher at Illiana Christian High School in Lansing, Illinois, agreed to start us off with [...] Slouching Toward Bedlam A Word to the Wise Guy or “You say Tonto, I say Toronto . . .” “So now we’re supposed to create a class website that gives daily updates on assignments, grades, and student behavior,” muttered math teacher [...]