POETRY, EAGLES AND AWESOMENESS
The first discussion we have in the English 12 Poetry Unit is about truth.
Too many people consider poetry to be something that exists on a continuum between fluff and falsehood. This drives us Humanities types batty. Many hold to the mistaken idea that a thing is true if it is factual. Poetry isn’t usually factual; therefore, we think it isn’t true.
This is a narrow notion of truth, and I challenge it in my class from the outset.
Whoa-ness of Eagles
Perrine’s Literature, a text book we used to use, talks about the difference between encyclopedic facts of […]
TYM VERSUS THE WEEDS
I am an admitted “neat freak” and I am okay with that. Regularly, I get razzed for how organized my office is. “You can’t be very busy because your office is always neat and clean.” The truth is, I just cannot work when there is disorganization.
By the way, if you ever come into my office and find it a mess, you know I must be really stressed.
Just saying.
Digging out the offenders
This need for organization plays out in my yard and especially in my lawn at home. I hate weeds. It is pretty simple; I like my green, […]
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