The Genres of My Life

I might be the Hercule Poirot of language: I've solved they mystery of why students don't capitalize the personal pronoun I. At ...

Tweens and teens of the 70's and early 80's wanted only one thing:  to look like  Charlie's Angels (well, and marry one of the ...

Recently, while I was at the gym trying to get thicc, the guys around me were getting swole. To clarify, I am already thick: that is an ea...

I love it when my students realize the power of language buried beneath its nuances without my teaching it.  It is rare, but it happens. Whe...

I am a very clean person.  Boringly clean. Disturbingly clean. I-need-a-life clean. If I am feeling frazzled or stressed, I clean. For some ...

My 4th period juniors have been quite a challenge this year.  They are good kids, but their collective ego could use some humbling.  I have...

I am amazed to see parents who can manage to hold down a job, keep a house, remain social, and not go absolutely nuts.  Several of my co-wor...