To love is to respect, empathize, hear, listen, see, accept, allow space for, appreciate, protect, serve, and be kind towards, among other attributes. There is no place in love for hate.
Read This if you Want to Sound Professional
We English teachers get a bad rap as “Grammar Nazis” or worse: nit-picking old school marms with legalistic tendencies that put the Supreme Court to shame. And ok, fine. I could resemble this stereotype at times. But for good reason. (For those of you on the inside, I hope you appreciate me starting a sentenceContinue reading "Read This if you Want to Sound Professional"
What’s So Hard about Changing the World?
I often hear people complain about the horrors of the world; about gross human rights violations; global warming; the traffic in downtown. And yet, when I ask what these very people are doing to help curb such horrors, their usual answer is, "What can I do? People are idiots. Even if I try, the worldContinue reading "What’s So Hard about Changing the World?"
Dear Gun Owners
Dear gun owners. I understand your fear. We woke up to another mass shooting in the news on Monday. I’d like to say I’m surprised. But I stopped being surprised at these shootings years ago. I remember how every news station and radio station stopped what they were doing when the Columbine shootings took place. IContinue reading "Dear Gun Owners"
Proud of Being an American?
The term, "proud," like "patriotic," has been wrongly appropriated Ah, Election Season! The sounds of your favorite politicians repeating, “I’m so-and-so, and I approve this message!” A glut of mailbox rubbish that, were it not for the millions spent on postage that’s keeping the USPS in business, I could do without, and the colorful yardContinue reading "Proud of Being an American?"
Change Comes From Within
How to Have Hope When the Sky is Falling Lately, and I don’t know if this is me in my 50’s, but it’s all. Just. Too. Much. I’m sure it feels like this for a lot of people though. If all you do is look at your local media for news, it seems the “skyContinue reading "Change Comes From Within"
An Open Letter to Our School Board and Politicians
Dear Madams and/or Sirs; We have not even finished our first year extended school year, and already politicians are screaming that "it's not working!" Huh. I wonder why? I have been an educator for more than 20 years, and growing up in New York, I had more vacation than I've ever had as a teacher,Continue reading "An Open Letter to Our School Board and Politicians"
The Mind Fantastic 