Over the holiday break I ended up reading Murakami’s Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Had I known how great the book was going to be, I would have reserved a spot on the ol’ year end list. As it stands, I’d probably bump Raw Shark Texts, which feels ok as the two [...]
This is another entry that is cross posted at the ISCA blog. I’ve made a tag to make this clear. I recently read Sustainable Leadership by Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink. Though generally enunciating the types of leadership changes needed the our schools, the book brought up something that’s been bothering me of late in [...]
As is the case at the end of any grading period, I had my students write anonymous evaluations of my 11th and 12th grade English classes after they completed their final. Not that it’s an exactly innovative notion, but I am generally interested in redesigning and shaping my class around what my students see as [...]
Top 10 books (re)read in 07 Fiction: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Harry Potter The Engagement The Turning The Raw Shark Texts No Country For Old Men After Dark Poker Without Cards The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Extremely Loud and INcredibly Close Non Fiction: The Audible Past Impro The Los Angeles River: [...]
-Mister are you sick? -No. -Oh … you look like you are. -Thanks.