New Work... On Friday, July 24, 2009, I retired from teaching community college mathematics. My teaching career spanned 33+ years and included mathematics classes at California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach City College, San Jose State University, Glendale College, and at my full-time college West Valley...

Absence Runs... For years and years, I have kept attendance records in all my classes. At the start of each class meeting, I send around class a roster on which each student initials to indicate his or her presence in class. After class, back in my office, I record student attendance on my Excel Grade Sheet. This last...

Loan Application... This article will be short, I don’t have a lot of time. I am looking into a refinance/Home Equity Loan and have quite a bit of work to do. I thought the process was pretty straight-forward, fill out these papers, supply us with this information, and we’ll let you know in a couple of weeks if the...