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So very, very grateful
1. The car died yesterday. So why am I grateful? I am grateful that it died in our garage instead of in the ass end of Alabama in the freezing dark while I was alone driving to a funeral. I am grateful that we bought that damn extended warranty that I didn't want to buy because I am cheap and so we got an after hours tow to the dealership who called me at 7:31 this morning (one minute after opening!) to tell me they are working on my car. Am I kinda stressed out? Yes. But does the gratitude outweight that? Yes.
2. It snowed in Atlanta, and Emma was delighted. She and her friends made snow frogs and snowmen, and she called me to say, "Mom! Snow is wet!" with surprise.
3. I cannot stop saying that I have to go tinkle or telling Fiona that it is time to potty even though she has begged me, "Say go to the bathroom. Say urinate. Please, mom. You can say defecate. Just stop telling me to go potty." It's like a verbal tic at this point. Fortunately I don't appear to be saying this in professional settings (I don't think? Would I even know?), but my efforts to scrub this language from my private life are so far proving fruitless. Help!
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm ashamed to say I made it this far into my academic career without reading any bell hooks. Wow, what a wonderful book to begin with. Her writing style is incredibly accessible and powerful, and the subject matter--pedagogy--is something that deeply interests me.
What fascinates me is how many of the aspects of teaching that I take for granted were hotly contested in 1994 when hooks published this book; it also fascinates me how much of what she's advocating for here has not become universal practice (though much of it is now considered best practice--like connecting classroom material to students' lives and real world examples).
I devoured this book in a single day. Highly recommend to any teacher, especially any teacher who is in the process of pedagogical transformation as I am.
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2. It snowed in Atlanta, and Emma was delighted. She and her friends made snow frogs and snowmen, and she called me to say, "Mom! Snow is wet!" with surprise.
3. I cannot stop saying that I have to go tinkle or telling Fiona that it is time to potty even though she has begged me, "Say go to the bathroom. Say urinate. Please, mom. You can say defecate. Just stop telling me to go potty." It's like a verbal tic at this point. Fortunately I don't appear to be saying this in professional settings (I don't think? Would I even know?), but my efforts to scrub this language from my private life are so far proving fruitless. Help!
4.
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooksMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm ashamed to say I made it this far into my academic career without reading any bell hooks. Wow, what a wonderful book to begin with. Her writing style is incredibly accessible and powerful, and the subject matter--pedagogy--is something that deeply interests me.
What fascinates me is how many of the aspects of teaching that I take for granted were hotly contested in 1994 when hooks published this book; it also fascinates me how much of what she's advocating for here has not become universal practice (though much of it is now considered best practice--like connecting classroom material to students' lives and real world examples).
I devoured this book in a single day. Highly recommend to any teacher, especially any teacher who is in the process of pedagogical transformation as I am.
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