June 2010
1 post
March 2010
2 posts
A Thank You Note
Dear students,
I’m not going to say that it’s been an honour, because, really, we all know that there is hardly any honour in yelling at the top of your lungs, or in being banished from class, or in having to stand in the corner wearing an “I can’t behave” sign. But I will say that teaching you, and talking to you, and becoming friends with you, has changed my life. I will say...
June 2009
1 post
Good news!
Looks like I’m going to be your English Language teacher next year as well. Which means I expect you to read at least two of the following books, and I will post questions about them in July.
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Sabriel - Garth Nix
Ender’s Game - Orson...
May 2009
1 post
Link to the Robert Frost study guide →
Good luck chicas!
April 2009
6 posts
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott... →
Microcosmic God - Theodore Sturgeon →
One of the best science fiction short stories I’ve ever read.
I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM - Harlan... →
MY FAVOURITE SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY IN THE WORLD. Soooo creepy.
Try copy-pasting it to a word document if you can’t read the text that’s overlapping the dark half of the page.
Transhumanism →
What do you think?
In this day and age, where it’s becoming more and more likely that we will be able to manipulate the genes of our children and/or abort children that are possible carriers of genetic defects like Down’s Syndrome (or don’t have a Y chromosome), do you think it’s moral or fair to have the option of only producing perfect children?
How could this possibly...
The Star - Arthur C. Clarke →
A short story that left me reeling when I read it. It’s complicated. Read it. If you don’t understand, don’t worry; I barely do either. Maybe when we read it years later, we will.
A Good Man is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor →