I am very serious about words and language. 1. As a second language learner and speaker of English as a Second Language (ESL) I don't want to make a non-native language speaker mistake. And yes there is second-grade teacher inflicted ridicule and trauma associated with that, let's call it, fear. There is also a degree of disdain that I hold for unilingual speakers of the … [Read more...] about Words and Language
Reflection
Bad Teacher
11.30.14 I was not a very good teacher. I wanted to be. I tried to be. Maybe I had a moment or two of being a good teacher, but really, I did not have the temperament to be a teacher in Miami-Dade County. By the time I started understanding the many intricacies of the me as teacher dynamic, it was too late. I was too tired. Too beaten up. Too hurt. I had nearly died too many … [Read more...] about Bad Teacher