Entries from June 2008
June 27, 2008
What to do the day after you leave teaching…
Try to write a long-overdue blog post about the end of the school year, but fail. The emotions are too complex. The parts about the kids and the work itself and whether you made the right decision and why come out sounding hackneyed. The parts about why you are leaving are too [...]
June 15, 2008
Dizziness
Check out this week’s Diagnosis column in the Times Magazine, enjoy the suspense before reading on.
I absolutely remember myself – and most of my friends – having that lightheaded, dizzy feeling upon standing up. Since everyone experienced it and it went away in seconds, no one ever worried about it, but nor was it ever [...]
June 8, 2008
What I did when I turned thirty…
(actually, I haven’t turned thirty yet… not ’til Wednesday). Enjoy!
June 4, 2008
News of my death…
has been greatly exaggerated. I’m feelin’ you, Mark Twain. All my posts lately are about how busy I am, and how that’s what’s keeping me from doing any real writing for you… but there will still be plenty of writing next year, and much of it related to education, too. More on [...]
June 2, 2008
Me me me meme…
This is a flickr meme that I found through Nancy. The pictures are not mine, but represent my favorite results for searches for (1) my name (2) my favorite food (3) my high school (4) my favorite color (5) my celeb crush (6) my favorite drink (7) my dream vacaction (8) my favorite dessert [...]
June 2, 2008
Scientists who want to be Baptist ministers…
Saturday night, a friend and I attended the Music & the Brain event at the Abyssinian Baptist Church. The gospel choir sang several numbers that got your hands clapping and head bobbing. The minister of the church gave a short introduction, followed by Brian Greene (of Elegant Universe fame, and the organizer of the World [...]
