What follows is a reflection on issues facing teachers on a national scale, not so much a response to my local district, which (cross my fingers) has been remarkably-supportive of teachers and levelheaded regarding the aforementioned “issues.” I recently completed my thirty-seventh year in the classroom. As has always been the case for me andContinue reading “Postpartum Thoughts on Another School Year Delivered”
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Roth’s Class, Vol. #3: A Good Day
I had a very cool and personally-rewarding experience in my English 12/British Literature class recently that came along just when I needed it and that, at least minimally, restored a bit of my faith in young adult readers and in myself.
Roth’s Class, Vol. 2: Monsters
Although the monsters of literature, pop culture, and our imaginations do not actually exist beyond their sphere, there are any number of real world monsters — some of our own creation — of which we must be wary.