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,ContinueContinue reading “An Open Letter to Our School Board and Politicians”
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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 sentenceContinueContinue reading “Read This if you Want to Sound Professional”
The Mind Fantastic 