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Hey new students…

You’ll note that the summer reading is simple: read 2 book-length memoirs and write a 3-pg compare/contrast paper on them.  Enjoy the summer.
If you’re interested in what I’m doing, feel free to read my summer blog: Lazyteacher.

What I’ve been reading…

Richard Dawkin’s The Selfish Gene has been around for awhile but I–being a poet-y English teacher type–have just gotten to read it (Summertime!). As I read it I was amazed by the feeling I got which is rare even in great fiction, the feeling of learrning something new and undergoing a real shift [...]

What I wish there was

As I put together my Learnerblog for next year, I wish there was an easy way to hook up with other schools and classes. Something like a meetup.com for teachers. Anyone?