Fine, fine, it’s not a standard superhero comic, but Crossing Midnight is a prime example of what I’ve been loving about comics lately: crazy storylines, conceptually riveting art, and occasionally brilliant dialogue. Hardly lowbrow at all, in fact. Here’s a brief exchange from the current issue, Crossing Midnight #18: – You seem troubled, Master Hara. [...]
“Here’s the important thing to remember: people throw around the term pop music and it has various meanings now. I think it’s really a misnomer. It’s a critical trap. Pop music, is from the term popular music and the term came up in what was called the golden era of songwriting, which was Gershwin and [...]
I’ve been struggling for some time, trying to come up with a more elegant way of presenting this argument. I don’t think I’ll be finding one anytime soon. In any case the revelations here are neither of the shocking nor groundbreaking variety so I’ll be taking a steadfast out-out-damned-spot, full-steam-ahead, approach: Since really focusing on [...]
This post serves as a general stomping ground for comments and lingering thoughts about the latest Beyond Pedagogy text, Inventing Kindergarten. Though our meeting had a slightly smaller turnout than previous ones, the dialogue was all the more engaging. That being said, Mark was kind enough to offer his notes from the meeting. Below are [...]
- The Beyond Pedagogy schedule has been updated here. – I’ve been offering sample lessons from the Words on Walls graffiti unit I’ve been teaching over at the homeroom. It’s being updated once or twice a week at the moment. The description of the project is here. – Innovation Division happenings: Manual Arts teachers will [...]
With B-track back in session, a daily silent reading period of 15-20 minutes in each of my classes means I’m able to tackle some of the random books I’ve been accumulating. Strange as it may seem, I get through a bit more leisure reading while I’m full-on teacher mode than while I’m off track with [...]