One year ago today, I started this blog. Happy anniversary to me! This is my 83rd post, which averages to about one every 4.5 days. Not bad at all.
My very first post was a memoir I wrote about a year and a half ago–an exploration on beauty–or the lack thereof–in my life. Interestingly [...]
Archive for the ‘On Teaching’ Category
31 Oct
Beauty and Truth, part 3
12 Sep
Three Weeks In…
…and I’ve learned a good bit about teaching. Some days, I leave class invigorated, sure that I’m changing the world, teaching my students things they’ve never heard before, encouraging them to expand their minds. Other days, I walk out of class dejected, pondering the vacant looks on their faces, with eyes glazed over, as they [...]
19 Aug
An unexpected, challenging, awesome surprise.
I’m just gonna say it…
I’m 24 years old, and I’m teaching (developmental) college English.
Yes, it’s true. I never expected it to happen so fast, yet here I am. I taught my first class this morning. Granted, it involved introducing myself and going over the syllabus, but it still counts.
For some reason, this goal never made [...]
