What if a teacher asked you to summarize what went wrong at school, using “I” statements? You might write something like… -I was rapping about crack –I said exactly what you heard me say I said karma is a bitch and I meant it simple -I was cussing during class, and putting up my ring […]
Read More ProcessingI have two opinions on UFOs: they are real, and they’re not. They are real in that my grandpa, the grandpa I barely knew, was a professional pilot, and he said every pilot had seen things. Every pilot had seen things, he said, and pilots know what weather balloons and satellites and reflections look like. […]
Read More SkiesOne of my students was adding blue colored pencil filling to his Thomas the Tank Engine drawing, and he said, “People used to make fun of me for liking this stuff.” “I’m sorry,” I said. “That’s not right.” It’s the end of April. The kids wanted to do their online learning thing, and I was […]
Read More Friday at SchoolFour people whipped around the moon. The module was slightly different. It felt bad to feel good about a weak imitation of something humans had figured out how to do, and done, two generations ago. Still, I set my phone to the NASA youtube channel and let the feed feed me. The minutes when they […]
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