“Your friend professes belief yet I’m not convinced. What about you? Are the gods real?” “They are real,” says I, “And you’re a prick.” ― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits I must admit, the world has given me a bit… Read More ›
Education
The Acting Jobs in Public Education Pay Better Than the Teaching
“One of the reasons The Avengers is among the highest-grossing films of all time is that it’s filled with people who act for a living. They don’t care whether the dialogue makes any sense! For the correct fee, they’ll pretend… Read More ›
Known Doesn’t Mean Protected
“It was not so much what Vicki did that night: it was what she said. It was not so much her behaviour: it was her vocabulary!” ― Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude Every Child Known… But Are They… Read More ›
“Every Child Known: The Slogan That Says Everything and Means Nothing”
“She knows about men, knows a good deal of the world’s character. But it is hard, whatever you have endured, to give up on love. Hard to stop thinking of it as a home you might one day find again…. Read More ›
Parenting, Politics, and Private Bathrooms
“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.” ― Robert A. Heinlein The Illusion of Mastery I envy those who have mastered the art of parenting.The ones who navigate the… Read More ›
“Grift, Grit, and the Great Voucher Grab”
One has to walk through the fields of knowledge to pick its flowers. Run, and you will miss the best blossoms. — Miyuki Miyabe, The Book of Heroes Fall Break just wrapped up here in Nashville, and like clockwork, my… Read More ›
Work Hard, Burn Out, Repeat: The Culture Schools Won’t Quit
“When you realize someone is trying to hurt you, it hurts less.” “Unless you love them.” ― Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus I started in the service industry in 1981. And let me tell you—what passed for “normal”… Read More ›
From WalMart Checkout to the Education Industrial Complex
“When you’re living so intensely in your head there isn’t any different between what you imagine and what actually takes place. Therefore, you’re both omnipotent and powerless.” ― Chris Kraus, I Love Dick Waiting in Line, Listening In, and… Read More ›
Waiting for the Unraveling
“It’s always a matter, isn’t it, of waiting for the world to come unraveled? When things hold together, it’s always only temporary.”― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers They say timing is everything, and last week offered prime evidence of that… Read More ›
WrestleMania Politics and the Slow Death of Dialogue
Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.” ― Livy, Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation I’m struggling—and I think we all are…. Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 