Today was graduation day for the sixth grade students Xy teaches. Xy received a number of gifts and the following card: To: Ms. Paxson aka…
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Today was graduation day for the sixth grade students Xy teaches. Xy received a number of gifts and the following card: To: Ms. Paxson aka…
Even though I don’t teach, I still experience the mood-shift at the end of the school year. It’s time to pull the nose up off…
Classes are over. Commencement has come and gone. It is now OK to wear shorts to work. This is my official policy. Did I mention…
It’s Quiet Day again, here at the university. And I must say it is quiet on campus. I like the idea of Quiet Day —…
This is kind of gross, so don’t read just before dinner. This morning I entered the men’s room near my office to find the toilet…
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on an interactive Flash movie for BibleDudes. It simulates an archaeological dig, and you can explore…
I met Joe Lambert of the Center for Digital Storytelling. Joe was here in New Orleans to advise the development of the Plessy Park Project,…
Xy assigned her students to write a short essay reflecting on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. One student turned in a neatly…
Yesterday was the last day of classes here at the university, and today is the first day of finals. Usually there’s a quiet day in…
Every week, Xy has her students write sentences using vocabulary words — pretty standard stuff, dictated by the school system. This week, one of the…
I can now add “rodent disposal technician” to my job description. I was at the art village here at the university, for a video shoot…
Friend MF, who has been living and working in China for a few years now, recently sent a query to Xy via e-mail: I’m working…
Xy had her sixth graders write poetry. They were to write cinquains, somewhat in the style invented by Adelaide Crapsey, but simplified: one word for…
The school year usually starts with a flurry of activity and a burst of optimism. Then everybody gets in their groove and things chug along…
A coupla profs at Xavier are doing a workshop today called “Geeks Gone Wild,” about how they’ve used QuickTime clips to jazz up some of…
There was some confusion as to whether Xavier was open today or not, so around 8 a.m. I called campus info and learned that campus…
Xy and I went to see Jonathan Kozol speak at Loyola. He’s the guy who wrote Savage Inequalities; I’ve never read it, but Xy did…
Bob Greene came to Xy’s school today. He is Oprah’s personal trainer. He is also a spokesperson for that big fast food restaurant with the…
I’m not a teacher, but I work at a university, and Xy is a teacher in the New Orleans Public Schools, and we live just…
It’s that time of year. I went across the river with Xy this morning, to help set up the computers in her classroom. She has…