I Just Couldn’t Do It
You lay your clothes out, you pack your backpack, and you hardly sleep because you just can’t wait for it all to begin again. It’s
January 10, 2011
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Live With Flair
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Take a Minute
I’m officially overloaded with work obligations and writing tasks. As I sit at my computer, I become annoyed by my cat, Louie Von Whiskers, who
January 4, 2011
How Ridiculously Inconvenient!
I receive a desperate email from one of my best students. He’s applying to this great new program, but the deadline’s been changed to tomorrow.
December 13, 2010
Write Like A Jellyfish
Today, one of my favorite on-line communities, The High Calling, features my flair for the day. Enjoy the beginning of the post here, and please
December 10, 2010
Will Technology Destroy My Teaching?
This morning my daughter announces that her class is going on a field trip to the University Astronomy Lab. Her personal favorite planet is Jupiter.
December 3, 2010
How College Should Be
Last night, an entire class of students comes by my house with food for a huge potluck. This isn’t part of the job description of
December 1, 2010
Where No Pie Belongs
Getting Ready to Teach I’m in my classroom, trying to muster up some flair. And then, I see a student has baked two pies to
November 12, 2010
3 Rules of Civility
As I teach about “civility”–showing politeness and regard for others–I realize how foreign of a concept kindness has become. I ask the class why it’s
October 25, 2010
A Little Secret
A student announces that she’s no longer drinking. At the beginning of the semester, she tells us she’s known for partying, but today, she wants
October 19, 2010
The Bored Student Speaks!
My I-Really-Just-Don’t-Care student hands me some of his writing to read. He’s typed eight single-spaced pages. I didn’t assign him this project. He wrote something
October 12, 2010