"Delete it all and start over."
In college, I overworked myself. I discovered pretty early on in college that I have this innate desire to best my own standard of...
Embracing Our Fears in the Classroom
Out of everything in the world, I am most terrified of gorillas. Let's relive the trauma, shall we? It was the late 1900s; I was a chubby...
I've Been Thinking...
It's Sunday afternoon. I'm sitting in a Starbucks. Old music croons in the background. At a nearby table, ladies gossip about something I...
No Longer Just Reading and Writing
As teachers, we are aware that students are engaging in reading and writing in every aspect of their lives. And, if you don't know that,...
Motivating Students: Sometimes…
In my last post about motivation, I wrote about a particular student—a particular student into which I had poured a lot of energy, which...
“I’m Stuck…”
“I don’t know where to start…” “It doesn’t sound right…” “I’m bad at writing…” If you’ve ever heard any of those phrases — or any of the...
Student Motivation: Start With You
In Motivating Students to Learn, a book that I am reading during my final stretches through Graduate school, there lies this quotation:...
“I’m Done!”
You’ve been there before…three minutes into a writing assignment and students shout: “I’m done!” They have answered the prompt, in their...
How Do We Trust That Which We So Readily Accept: Reputable vs. Non-Reputable Information
If you have come from my post on facts and opinions, welcome. If not, welcome. People absorb information. Oftentimes without wondering...
Facts and Opinions: What’s the Difference?
Today, it’s hard to recognize a fact from an opinion. Let’s start basically. What’s the difference between a fact and an opinion in a...
