From Chicago and care about teachers (Or know someone else who does)? Then please call 1-217-782-5350. Tell Speaker Madigan's secretary your name and that you want him to VETO SB 512. This bill destroys teacher pensions. The Board has not paid into pensions for sometime now, this seems to be a way to make their illegal non-payment into something "

Last night I created a lit circle revolving around revolutionaries/leaders who've changed society (for my student teacher--a long story). What I already know will happen will break my heart: the kids will not know who the women on the list were and will rank what they have to say below the others ( Read more... )

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We're doing literature circles with my freshman class. We're pairing more modern text with primary material. The kids will be picking topics under the umbrella of constructing a better society (subtopics: communication, injustices, and revolutionary figures ( Read more... )

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I have a poem posted in the poetry section of anderbo.com.  Very exciting.  Feel free to check it out.  
www.anderbo.com/

My fried green tomato poem has been accepted and posted here:
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Poem was accepted at New Verse News.  It works as a writing prompt as well.  They only accept pieces based on events in the news.  Feel free to check it out. 
www.newversenews.com/

For me anyway.

I may be looking for an MFA program. Must be low-res. For next year or the following year.
Where should I begin?
What do I need to look for?

I'm sure people will delve into problems. I'm just going to give highlights because it was one of the best Nationals for me. Here we go ( Read more... )