Materials for Composting. What To Compost. The materials you put into your compost pile have a major impact on how well the composting process works and the quality of the final compost. The key to good composting is to have a variety of materials and a balanced carbon to nitrogen ratio. Variety increases the types of microorganisms at work in your pile and your chances of obtaining a nutrient rich compost. Some folks think they donât have enough organic material to build and maintain a compost pile.
CLASSROOM POLICIES. Grading: Know that grading is not a reflection of who you are or how much I like you. Grading is an evaluation of your work toward achieving the objectives of this class. Do not confuse the informality of the classroom with my responsibility to grade your work.
In their book, The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education, Diana E. Hess and Paula McAvoy offer guidelines to these and other questions, using a study they conducted from 2005 to 2009. It involved 21 teachers in 35 schools and their 1,001 students. Hess is the dean of the school of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and McAvoy is the program director at UW-Madison's Center for Ethics and Education. Schools, they conclude, are and ought to be political places â but not partisan ones.