Seven years ago, I began my transition from research to teaching. I also moved from preschool to high school. It was an awkward transition in my thought and practice, just as it is for students. While best practice in early childhood education tells you to observe children, see what they are ready for, and […]
Read More Lessons from PreschoolMost of the time, when I go to the grocery store, I think about Gorbachev. The Threat of Communism is something I vaguely remember, and the vision of a Soviet store where there is one kind of toothbrush (ugly, straight, and red) and one kind of bread (brown) has a firm place in my imagination. […]
Read More MoreLast week I was handed a stack of surveys for my students. Some of the questions were about their sexual practices (or lack thereof). I sort of hated to touch the things, even blank. They suggested to me that our assembly the next day would be about sexual practices (or lack thereof), the tail of […]
Read More Put A Ring On ItI was running way late because I had spent too much time with Katharine Hepburn. Her autobiography. (Which, as you would expect, isn’t at all afraid of zinger fragments and movie-script-style stabs at exposing a slice of her story. Spencer Tracy and Howard Hughes included, no extra charge.) And I really, really didn’t want to […]
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