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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Give The Drummer Some
I awoke abruptly this morning from one of those “teacher” dreams I often have now. An unfamiliar classroom with me in the front featured an influx of students, only some of whom I recognized. During the five minutes before the … Continue reading
Optimism Ain’t Easy
It’s so cozy living in the abstract. Concepts and what-if’s assume their own comfort zone. Intellectual gamesmanship is, after all, the hallmark of the ordained, and everyone wants to be considered noteworthy, at least once. Later today, a Sunday, the … Continue reading
Try to “Rhee-member”
Since I began my teaching career in 2005, the state of public education in DC has been the source of much speculation and experimentation. If I retreat even further to 1995, when my wife and I moved from New York … Continue reading
Mr. Potato Head
Back before I grew my hair back this school year (my mother made me promise in the spring), many students relished yelling, “Mr. Potato Head,” as my shaved head and I walked the school halls. I always feigned consternation, and … Continue reading
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