“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a nonlinear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey… stuff.” – 10th Doctor I’m going to be honest, this week was kind of a productivity disaster. I had about 3 different doctors appointments, was (and continue […]
I can’t believe that this is the final blog post for the semester. I have come a long way from the beginning where I was not a fan of having to keep a blog, to actually enjoying have a low stakes place to write. Final Project Progress See everyone tonight!
“You’re nobody’s rainbow. You’re nobody’s princess. You’re nobody’s doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.” Seanan McGuire (Every Heart a Doorway) I was so excited for this week’s reading. I discovered the term asexuality in college and it took me some time to […]
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Despite the use of the phrases “synchronous” and “asynchronous” giving me serious agita, I thought these essays all brought up interesting ideas about writing, online education, and online writing education. “You’re Going to Need this for […]
“… And you say, I could never be like that. That person is other, is undeserving, a monster. It’s an old story, it’s how wars begin, it’s how people turn on each other. And you know, it starts so simply too. I am not you. I am nothing like you. And it is each time […]
“Fear is the mind killer.” Frank Herbert This blog post marks a momentous occasion… I DON’T HAVE TO BE ANGRY AND YELL AT THE ARTICLES!!!!! While there is some frustration on my part, since these articles pretty much depict the ongoing battle I am fighting with my district to include more multicultural literature in our […]
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra #iamfrom & #whyiwrite #iamfrom – I am from loss. When cancer steals away children and hearts fail long before their time. I am from loss, but more importantly, I am from the love that makes loss so painful. #whyiwrite […]
🎵 “I’ve got to know/ I’ve got to know/What is this place that I have found? / What is this?” 🎵 Jack Skellington As I sit to write this blog post I am left with a familiar exhaustion I get whenever I read any academic piece about voice in writing. This piece, like all others […]
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived, and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy I was so excited when I saw that we were going to watch Chimimanda Adichie’s TedTalk, “The Danger of a Single Story” because all of […]
