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 the past didn’t go anywhere Saturday, October 4, 2008 Every now and then, I have these moments when I realize that New York is not like other cities. These are two of those stories. Last weekend, I had to go to a work thing at Tweed. It’s a building that houses a lot of Board of Ed offices, and I’ve never heard it called anything other than “Tweed.” When I arrived at 52 Chambers Street, I realized it was Tweed Courthouse, named for none read more...​    Oh ... one more thing: I cut off most of my hair! It was just too hot to turn the blow dryer on anymore. It’s a bit short, but it is about ten degrees cooler and a lot faster in the morning! read more...​   Am I going to hell for this? Monday, July 21, 2008 At dinner with a friend recently, I ordered a drink called “Kung Fu Fighting.” Not because of the name ... I ordered it because it had ginger in it and I love ginger. But I guess they thought ginger = Asian and Asian = Buddhas, so when the drink arrived it was in a Buddha figurine. Weird. It seemed awfully sacrilegious to stick a straw in the Buddha’s back, and I think alcohol is on the list of read more...​   Shameless plugs about how great I am, written by other people Friday, June 20, 2008 After feeling like a nincompoop for the two years I taught at King, I sort of feel like I got the hang of the teaching thing this year. And my students seem to think so too! These came from my students’ responses to my end-of-the-year survey. Each one was written by students in my lit classes ... Oh, and two other things that didn’t really fit in with this list, but I wanted to share read more...​  8A1BB754-A511-440B-8993-5BBABF300359.htmlBCDC863E-AD4A-4B27-9EDC-F5D2F0A17820.htmlBCDC863E-AD4A-4B27-9EDC-F5D2F0A17820.html23F0AD7A-D2BF-4CFD-B6B1-7EC7C792CC81.html718CF6C4-23A0-486F-82D9-EF4D63AE7764.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4
Welcome! Here’s some thoughts ... mostly about my work as a New York City High School teacher, updated occasionally.
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