Darren Malia

Count of Monte Cristo

I love how they make it sound like you can just write a letter and they’re going to lower their prices. Did PepsiCo write this article?

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Make them local heroes doesn’t sound like the flex he thinks it is! These people are so clueless.

Notice that it says person, not citizen.

Is that bad?

Are those Bluey balls? Doesn’t sound super appealing.

I could not agree more! All of these very complicated and nuanced challenges get boiled down to simple solutions like more student choice, more independent reading, more books. I think this idea of creating positive reading experiences is so important but rarely considered.

Knight’s been the best player on the PP tonight.

4th grade - My Side of the Mountain

It’s especially stupid because the obvious answer is actually Trublican!

Battle Cry of Freedom

In The Garden of Beasts

I think one semester of theory in a university classroom (Freire, Dewey, Hooks etc) as a baseline of pedagogy, and 3 semesters of a full time residency under the guidance of a current practicing teacher, or team of teachers, makes a lot of sense!

I did. I guess I assumed he was alright.

Bertuzzi?

I really like the idea of using it as an anchor text for AP seminar. It makes that class much more interesting still keeps it anchored in the literary world. My son’s AP seminar class will not read a single novel this year. 😡

Is there data or studies that show expired car seats not performing up to safety standards? Just curious because the cynical side of me worries that these dates are more about revenue than safety.

Same! I think my overall level of tension and stress is just higher based on what’s happening in the word a d therefore I have a shorter fuse with my students. Not fair to them, but also not to myself to act as though these are normal times. Thanks for the reminder!

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Our principal doesn’t allow for discussion of ANYTHING. She doesn’t think staff meetings are a productive space to have open discussions.

Thawed death

Thank you for perfectly expressing my exact thoughts today.

Doesn’t the same thing apply to big pharmaceutical companies? Taxpayers spend millions of $$ to support the research and development of new drugs. Should we own the patents?

Milwaukee

Slightly diminish a band: Milwaukee

CMVI

I wonder how much of this is impacted by funding. In some cases, we read from the canon because we have those books on hand and because $$ is so tight it can feel challenging to “take a chance” on something newer and more relatable to students.

“Seriously considering” basically means it’s a done deal. What a POS!

This looks great! Thinking about doing a version of this as our first writing assignment with my freshman.