Leave It at the Door
I have a bias that I think most teachers, to some degree, share. My early experiences in school were pretty good. I learned, made friends, played at recess, understood my lessons, got help when I needed it and stayed out...
In Defense of The Trickster
My favorite character in all of literature is Iago, the trickster antagonist of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Othello. He is charming, clever, quick-witted and so thoroughly evil that he was famously labeled a, “motiveless malignancy” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge…but I’m drawn to...
Divided We Stand…
In the wake of Donald Trump’s win last November, conservative America (and indeed the President himself) has been leaning on the mandate from “Red America” to take the country in a more conservative direction, which, if a mandate really exists,...