The Cape. I created this "TEST" with the new Editor for WordPress. I find the "Classic" version I have been using and which suited me perfectly has lost function. I am reminded of Microsoft Word 1, that earliest version I used of that software program in 1989. (Someone will volunteer the 1.4 or whatever it [...]
We need teachers. We need teachers who are not merely well-educated and kind and hard-working. We need teachers who are smarter than most of their students. My original post "WHY YOU DON’T WANT TO BECOME A TEACHER" went up on my previous blog while I was actively teaching in a public high school. I reposted [...]
A friend asked me what local schools in my area are doing this fall. So this will be a rant. Don't read more if you don't care to know what I think. I do not know what is happening with our grandchildren’s Montessori school. I do not see how their parents can afford the tuition [...]
Idiot Drivers I drive a small car, my husband’s little red Honda Civic hatchback, and one thing I that makes me crazy is when drivers of giant SUVs come right up behind me and tailgate. A couple of days ago I was driving home from work and an SUV merged from highway 26 onto highway [...]
Today, a walk creek to creek, a juvenile eagle, meditation on the value of lies, and a little brainstorming to prepare for Monday's writing assignment. The best one is above, the lies below. So brainstorming. Monday's nonfiction writing assignment was a great favorite with my students, the assignment they completed early in the year and [...]
A man called his girlfriend a "chick" the other day to me. He didn't notice my expression. I was thinking: If you knew me well, you would know I don't like hearing women called "chicks." When I taught The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to high school students, I always offered Twain's own essay about that [...]
"A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground. ... Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after he tries to intervene before a woman in a hijab – Asma Shuweikh – confronts him."—The Guardian The Muslim woman is [...]
just for fun. "On the Decay of the Art of Lying" is a short speech (or essay) written by Mark Twain in 1880 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. Observe, I do not mean to suggest that the custom of lying has suffered any decay or interruption--no, for the Lie, as [...]
I have avoided saying his name or typing it, but it's really getting out of hand now. I am sorry if you disagree. (Trump supporters had best avert their eyes. I am not likely to devote another post to this particular issue. It will be safe to return.) Recent events and words are beyond offensive. [...]
The beach is empty when we go out most days. On weekends there are crowds sometimes. Houses owned by people who do not live here sometimes have a dozen or more "guests." The world is more crowded, but it doesn't have to be. I have always supported abortion rights because I believe all children should [...]
