Nov 12, 2018
Ironically enough, the last blog post for this challenge has arrived at the same time that everyone is busy in every part of their lives: school, work, all of the grading, frantically getting ready for winter, holiday planning, doctor’s visits, “fall” cleaning, did I...
Nov 5, 2018
Inclusivity practices should be involuntary, but sadly, we live in a world where that is not the case. I had a difficult moment in the classroom last week as I was trying to get students to think about what it would be like to be… (basically someone other than...
Oct 29, 2018
This past week, I “cancelled” class for conferences. My ENG 111 students were required to come see me with a complete, though not final, draft so we could discuss where they were and where they were going in the writing process for Project 2. Conferences are my...
Oct 21, 2018
**The actual title of this post is “I Just Want Them to Like Trust Me” but that formatting doesn’t hold in the title bar. One of the things I’ve discovered about teaching is how difficult it is to admit to myself that sometimes I just want my...
