CHRISTMAS MOVIES Part I
More than forty years ago, when I returned from a decade in the Midwest to start teaching in New Jersey, I provided my students a service...
BOSS LIFT
Throughout my years as a school administrator, I often engaged with the two people above me in my school district. One of my fights...
LESSON LEARNED
My teaching career has run just short of fifty years, and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. Students take advantage of...
DAVID LEVINE
Above: David Levine's Franz Kafka I started drawing as a kid. I learned a valuable lesson one day in grade school. Often, I would draw...
ON THE ROAD (Episode# 4) "Wise Men Fish Here" (Continued)
In the last post, I discussed a key cultural attribute of a vibrant New York City--its love affair with bookstores. Actually, there were...
ON THE ROAD (Episode # 3) "Wise Men Fish Here"
I had written recently about trips with students into NYC, primarily to see theatre. But I often added museums or movies to the trips...
THE CURSE OF THE SCOTTISH PLAY
As fans of the bard well know, those involved in a production of Macbeth should never utter the name Macbeth in any of their discourse...
SOFTBALL, SHAKESPEARE, AND SHINERS
In 2017, I write a blog post about the first time I saw Hamlet or a reasonable facsimile of the play, since called "The Naked Hamlet". I...
DRIVER'S ED?
Like most juniors and seniors in high school, I expected to take Driver's Ed. Unlike most upperclassmen, I had zero desire to drive a...
SPEED READING?
I have often mentioned my ineptitude and lack of a motivating principle as a student, but I was not entirely without success in high...