Hometown Crank

Hometown Crank
Birthday
August 22
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Mr.
Bio
1969, Boston. 1992, New York. 2001, Boston. 2006, Eugene, OR. 2009, Seattle? 2010, probably Boston again, goddamnit. Funny thing, 2010 = Eugene, still here, teaching. Present, working more on the writing, but teaching too, with as little resentment and as much gratitude as is humanly possible.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013 6:37PM

Mutiny on the SS Group Work

It's possible I screwed up.  Little tale of woeful group work here.
The students have read a piece called "After Welfare" by a writer named Katherine Boo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/welfare/jones.htm).
I have this experimental (for me, because I haven't given such e… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 4, 2013 2:02AM

What the Christ is Going Down in My Classroom?

I don't know.

I mean, the Chinese fellow does not speak English.  I'm not going to say he doesn't speak it well, because every time he attempts to say anything in class discussions or a one-on-one conversation, I've gotta ask him to repeat himself, sometimes twice.  So according to my… Read full post »

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JANUARY 14, 2013 5:38PM

Updates on Developments

Uh, the date went better than I had a right to hope, so that thread is obviously going to be pretty boring (ie:  we're boning; I'm walking around her house in the buck, she's made me dinner; I'm making her my fabulous popcorn, yatta--all you need to know/maybe more than you… Read full post »

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JANUARY 11, 2013 2:00PM

Developments

Two new developments are taking place this week.

 First, I have what I'm having difficulty calling anything other than a date tonight.  I think this is going to happen, pretty sure about it, though when I emailed my telephone number to this woman I flubbed one digit, and so was unable… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012 12:24AM

I Teach Comp.

Like the title says, I teach comp courses.  We call them Writing 121, or 122, or 115, and so forth.  You get the picture.  I should add, though, that I really have no idea what I'm doing.

Don't get me wrong;  this doesn't mean I'm bad at my job.  In… Read full post »

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