I Am an Evil English Teacher

Or at least I will be.
I have a mini-lesson due tomorrow. It is, in this case anyway, a 10 minute lesson on “whatever.” We’re reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, and we have to do our mini-lesson on that. Everyone’s doing analysis of the book: character profiles, themes, connectors, whatever.
I’m doing a [...]

Insomnia and a Hole in the Universe

I couldn’t sleep. I sort of got distracted. It happens. It happens a lot with me.
So here it is: We are only as weak as our deepest secret. If you haven’t read it, might I suggest you do?
I’ve been chewing on it for days. Days and nights even. It’s a good thing it’s chock full [...]