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That time I invited my class to negotiate the syllabus

“So how did this work in your other classes?” Gulp. “Well…” And then I admitted to my senior seminar students, on the …

It’s obvious when a class’s honeymoon period is over. It happens after the first essay is graded and it feels like deflated …

I’m used to grade complaints, pleas for leniency, well wishes, the occasional hug. But at the end of last semester, I was …

The ringing phone pierced pre-dawn silence. Dripping from a fast shower, I ran to pick up the kitchen receiver before the call …

I walked back in time this week. Back to the days where lung-searing breezes and melt-your-soul temperatures were a daily experience. Ugh. …

Garage cleaning continues! A few more Flashback Friday gems for you… 1. One dedicated journalism student Senior year, apparently just a few …

With all of this week’s sad things (see here, here, and here for just a few examples), I’ve been trying to limit my …

Who knew finishing my doctorate would mean going back in time? Well, that’s what it feels like tackling an overdue to-do: Diminishing …

With the end of the semester last week, I completed my fifth year as a college instructor. Five years and hundreds of …

For an actual academic (and fascinating) discussion of stripping, see here. Photo credit. “You were a stripper?!” he exclaimed, brown eyes wide as …