When I first turn on my oven, the ghosts of spilled-over pies, sauces, and other drippy little accidents send their charred aromas wafting through the house. I occasionally brush out the blackened dust, but that’s about as far as I … Continue reading
You know, I really think that a teacher who devotes half of every period to free reading*, assigns a textbook chapter to be read as homework but won’t go into explanations or examples or drill or anthing about it, glosses … Continue reading
One student is still working on her final exam. Everybody else has finished and gone home. This student has been struggling all semester, and I hate to hurry her, and I won’t hurry her. She can have all the time … Continue reading
“To me, education is something that up until a couple of years ago didn’t mean that much. I finally realized that education is something that shapes and defines our lives and our future. Without a decent education, it is almost … Continue reading
I do not believe there is a ‘War against Christmas.’ But I do think there are battles being fought about it. Working in the schools, I saw, time and time again, programs about Christmas eliminated because one parent objected, symbols … Continue reading
I just read Polly Toynbee’s review of the new Narnia movie. It was somewhat similar to other reviews I’ve recently read. Apparently, reviewers who are not familiar with the books are being taken by surprise. Shouldn’t there be some kind … Continue reading