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My sister lives on a lake in Georgia. I'm hoping she'll buy one of these before we come to visit next year. Hey, Sue! Don't ya think the boys would love this thing?

"The classroom is like my garden. There is nothing that is ever ugly in it. If it is capable of blooming, it stays." -- Louis Schmier, "My Most Important Teaching Tool" , Peer Review The quote above comes from Schmier's reflective essay in the Spring 2009 issue of the AACU's journal, Peer Review . (I blush to brag that I just learned my

I started reading Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” several months ago. It’s taken me several months to read because at 1168 pages, it’s a large book. It doesn’t help that I had to return it to the library every three weeks and try to check it out again as they would not allow renewals because there were always several people “on hold” for the

In the five years I’ve been subbing, I had no idea what she looked like. “Oh! Hi there Ms. E! Are you working this week?” This was from one of the teachers in the teachers’ lounge the last week of school. I was eating my lunch at the time and when I heard her name, I had to turn around to see who she was. Ms

"...There's 104 days of summer vacation And school comes along just to end it So the annual problem for our generation Is finding a good way to spend it!" Unlike Phineas & Ferb who ALWAYS know what they're going to do on this bright summer day, the substitute teacher is out of a job until the next school year starts in August

This week I'll be teaching in our weeklong, intensive graduate creative writing workshops for the MA in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill U . It's always a great experience, and I particularly enjoy getting to teach and work with students and colleagues in my favorite literary genre: horror. Indeed,

Women can always tell you what the traditional anniversary gift is supposed to be when that special date rolls around. We guys can’t remember the last time we changed our socks. So to celebrate our wedding anniversary, Claudette told me “39” is laptop computer and wireless router. What could I say? We’re not much into sharing one computer