May 16, 2019
How To Piss Off Your Teacher
1) Actually major in texting under the table. 2) Send rude emails about your grades. Bonus points for bringing your parents into it. 3) Send emails that begin with “yo,” […]
February 12, 2019
How To Be An Adjunct Professor
1. As you will most likely not have an office, it’s wise to learn now how to pitch a sturdy tent or erect a yurt. 2. It also helps to […]
December 18, 2018
What Special Ed Has to Teach Ed: Speaking With the Woman Who Taught Me To Read When No One Else Could
My own struggle with learning disabilities left me with very strong feelings on education. With the help of one very brilliant and patient woman, Veronica Russo, I was given the […]
December 6, 2018
Asking College and High School Students How They Want to be Taught
After teaching college for ten years, some days I feel like a wrinkled old pro, but many days I still find the practice of conveying information to young people to […]
November 30, 2018
What I Learned About Teaching College From Being a Parent of Young Kids and Vice Versa
When I got the email asking preschool parents to lead an activity with their kids, I started preparing a poetry writing exercise. I could tell the teachers were dubious as […]