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Kids on drugs
A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children.
Stealth merchandising
Why is the venerable Scholastic book club company peddling cheesy toys in classrooms?
My husband is a man in a woman's world
Being the wife of a grade-school teacher is like being the husband of Queen Elizabeth -- Ol' What's-his-name.
Experimental lesson
I've always tried to make my teaching like an art, but as I've grown more successful, have I become a hack?
Body paranoia
Ghostly heart attacks, cancers and other assorted ills have plagued me for the last 31 years. Could the cause be my beloved job?
After the apocalypse
Returning to the philosophy class that I had canceled, I wasn't sure who or what I would find.
Class dismissed!
After another personal blow-up in philosophy, I took the only out: To shout like Jehovah and declare the end had come.
Love letters in the sand
I was his English teacher, 14 years older. But on the beach in Mazatlan, love is love.
The migration of the chalk
In a small town in Mexico, a teacher gave me the chalk and demanded a lesson in revolution.
"The Iliad" and other tales of war
My momentous monologue turns to dust under the scrutiny of a well-prepared student. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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