Every time I create a new class and have blocked it all out, I think I’m incredibly smart planning it out and writing and titling lectures and thinking up assignments and putting together study material and clips. By the time I have the class and lectures and materials outlined and put together I think […]
I was in — A martial arts class once, and the ancestor master from China was there. There is a serious hierarchy in martial arts, and this man was THE ancestor of the classroom I was in. I was a baby in that class. It was Wing Tsun. Someone showed me how to do […]
So if you are wondering — Why I have been neglecting you, it is because I have been working my ass off sprucing up the AFW site. Last year there was a catastrophe in the forum, right while I was on the road, and the whole forum blew up — with classes in session, […]
When I catch myself — Making little snorty sighing noises at the keyboard it is time for a break. I know this snort. It is the soft snort a horse makes when it does not agree with your choice of direction — but will do it anyway. The soft snort a dog makes — […]
I have this student — Who has this protagonist who is a teacher at a Catholic school and also tends bar on the side. In my notes I say, I am not sure a religious school will be okay with an instructor tending bar. My student emails me: Well now I know you are […]
So the building manager — Called yesterday and left a message he needed to come over today. With most tenants that just means letting someone know you are coming and need access. With me it means I need to be sort of presentable. The time he said he would show was between 10 am […]
A fellow teacher — Masha Hamilton is organizing this and I think it would simplify things if instead of me answering individual questions the information just were all up in one place so here is the info from Masha Hamilton on the Afghanistan Women’s Writing Project : Hi guys, in response to a […]
I used to be — A machine. Seriously. I could go through stacks and stacks of manuscripts, assignments, and, in my spare time, sneak a book or magazine. I cannot do that anymore. I have time lines. I teach. I review my students’ work. It has to be done in a timely way. They […]