The hope of education is satin, calm, and undefiled. Its innocence knows no tire treads. Nor does it contemplate an intrusion by the grey salt that yellows into dashes and borders on the path to revelation. It waits like manna, silent, unburdened by wisdom or math, and hopes, not for knowledge, but escape. When a [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Snow
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Poetry, Teaching on December 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Irate
Posted in Lesson Plans, Losses, tagged Discipline, Memory, Teaching on December 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Circumstances should never alter principles — Gertrude Chiltern in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband When I started teaching, other teachers told me all sorts of horror stories about the crazy things they accidentally did in class. Students had been hit in the head with yardsticks, glued to tables, burnt by science experiments, and other mishaps. [...]
