6/1/19

When new ideas greet us, whether we agree with them or not, or whether we find them agreeable, or even digestible, know that they are greeting us.  And doing so kindly.  Those expressions give way to others.  There is nothing that is meant to detract from our stories and characters.  Our narration must entail some…

Where I am

tonight. In my classroom. Meaning, where I am, in what I’m doing.

5/16/19

Students need to forget most of what they’ve been taught, and just write.  Trust themselves more and dismiss the proscribed structure and template teaching of past.  There is value in what they’ve been “taught”—notably, mostly, what not to do and how not to approach writing, and reading—but it should be tempered and balanced, harmonized with…