Monthly Archives: November 2011

Words of Wisdom from a High School Student

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Sometimes my high school students surprise me with their wit, their sweetness, or their clarity of insight. Sometimes they completely take my breath away. The following lines are from an 18-year-old foreign exchange student from Korea.  I was reading through … Continue reading →

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A Sonnet I Wrote for Tim

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

So often writer’s pen and poet’s tongue Immortalize a cool and distant love Goddess whose praises high must oft be sung By handsome knights who worship her above. But I possess no flowing golden hair Your Subaru is not a … Continue reading →

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Five Ways to Get More Readers for Your Blog and Why I’m Not Willing to Do Them

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

I’ve had this blog for a little over two years now.  On a good day, I get about twenty views, although most of those are people searching for pictures of Allie from The Notebook.  I once wrote a really snarky review … Continue reading →

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The Teacher as…Narcissist?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

I read a paper recently on the student teaching process–that is, the process by which students are transformed into teachers (you can read that paper here).  It’s a study that “describes the challenges and successes of student teachers in a … Continue reading →

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The Space of Life Between

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

John Keats once wrote the following: “The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy.  But there is a space of life between in which the soul is in a ferment, the character … Continue reading →

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