The Polliwog Journal

The long story is infuriating to me and probably boring for you, so the short story is that about a month ago, I got a new hard drive, essentially a new computer. And while it’s working great, I have had to make some adjustments. I don’t have all the old software.
I used to have Microsoft [...]

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There’s a flaw in me as a teacher. I should be skating away on thin ice into my retirement years, but I don’t. I continue to develop new units in an attempt to make school meaningful and relevant for students. I know! What am I thinking? But I just can’t help myself.
I recently created a [...]

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Lisa Adams and John Heath have attempted to analyze the needs and habits of American readers in their book Why We Read What We Read. The cover announces “a delightfully opinionated journey through contemporary bestsellers,” and the book reads easily, perhaps a bit too “delightfully.” The authors’ casual style, however, belies their serious intent, which [...]

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