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Helping or Judging?
Have you ever come across the Chinese proverb about the palest ink being better than the best memory? The moment I heard it, I knew it was true, and I’ve have been jotting down observations, overheard conversations, and highlights from … Continue reading
Emma’s Boost
In the years since retirement, I’ve read and listened to all sorts of advice about writing. Don’t use “it” so often. Show, don’t tell. Don’t be so thematically heavy-handed. Use said, not murmured or yelled. Make your dialogue realistic. Stay … Continue reading
Seeing Lives Change
Online classes began at midnight today at Horry-Georgetown Technical College, the community college where I began my teaching career in the mid-70’s, and the traditional classes started about thirty minutes ago. Thinking about the nervous excitement felt by the students, … Continue reading
Posted in books, books on teaching, careers, community college teaching, memoir, professions, Uncategorized, writing projects
Tagged books, editing, teaching, writing, writing process
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Tip of the Iceberg
“Why don’t you write a book about teaching?” It was a fair question, just not one I was prepared to answer. I was in the middle of a question and answer period at the end of a book signing for … Continue reading
Posted in careers, professions, teaching
Tagged books, communicating with teachers, learning, teaching, teaching two year college students
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Gossip and Solitude 