“What kind of music are we going to be playing, Jimmy?” “We’re working class, right?” “We would be if there was any work.” “So, your music should be like where you’re from and the sort of people you come from. It should speak the language of the streets. It should be struggle and sex and [...]
You know how everyone has these insane little fears that make no sense whatsoever to anyone other than themselves? I’m not talking like a fear of spiders or a fear of clowns or anything like that. I’m talking more about idiosyncratic/ideosyncratic (yes, I invented that second word. No, I won’t define it). In any case, [...]
During the drive to and from turkey-related festivities this weekend, I was able to catch up on some podcasts. Aside from the splendor that most of us know at This American Life, I’ve also been listening lately to stories from the Moth. While driving, I listened to writer Andy Borowitz talk about the misery of [...]
How can this not be the subject of my next in-class writing prompt? Wow. I’m horrified and mesmerized. A few more youth of color would have been nice for my classes, but this should still convey something to my classes later this week.
We’ll see how this goes. My Homeroom post about the lockdown as well as a few colleagues’ emails are also up. I realize the lockdown issue may sound like a broken record on this blog. However, serious debriefing, insane anecdotes (which will hopefully show up on the wiki), and furious teachers suggest that Friday’s incident [...]
Though it didn’t make any huge headlines the day after, I think that Friday’s lockdown will need some in-depth debriefing on Monday. At least for me, it is frustrating to see our school’s media attention focused on these events only. How many times did the news play images of our students being escorted in [...]
This is how I spent my Friday afternoon. Reflection should be up at the Homeroom whenever it gets posted. Should be a good discussion on Monday with my classes, on the positive side at least.
I’d like to dedicate my current Homeroom post to my nemesis, Mark. A recent email he sent out begins: dear educators this is a call to those who have been in the trenches and have put their all into a system that refuses to do the same for our students.
A murder-mystery for LACMA patrons to solve over the course of two dozen clues within the museum! Yesterday’s Field Guide to LACMA by Machine Project is one of those spectacles that make me want to discuss it with others. It’s so thrilling in principle and so fun in execution that I get the urge to [...]
Slumdog Millionaire felt like the feel-good sequel to Manufactured Landscapes, at times. Please go see it with this in mind.