[I post this in response to James Loewen's recent interview in the Atlantic in a tiny effort to counter the assumptions he makes about history teaching and teachers. Please forgive the self-promoting tone; it was part of my candidate portfolio.] Upon hearing that I teach history for a living, it is not uncommon for adults to tell … Continue reading Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Protected: Ascutney Outdoors Form
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One Thing I Don’t Miss About Teaching
The Ceaseless Mania for Technology All the Time Everywhere I’ve been out of the classroom for just over two months and I still teach online as an adjunct. I’m certainly not anti-technology; in fact, technological connectivity is what has allowed me to move to a rural area and pursue my dual passions of outdoor recreation … Continue reading One Thing I Don’t Miss About Teaching
Protected: The Crucial Joy of Playing Outside
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On Being and Seeming
(Following is the text of a little chapel talk I was asked to give a while back). First, a translation: Esse quam videri means “to be, rather than to seem.” We might also say, “To be rather than to appear to be,” or “value the authentic over the superficial”. It’s a great motto and I … Continue reading On Being and Seeming
Empathy and Time Management
Compelled to watch a time-management TED talk at a meeting recently, I had the opportunity to reflect on the overlap between the speaker’s perspective and some issues I’ve been struggling with in the classroom this autumn, in particular our culture's seemingly diminishing capacity to engage in empathetic understanding and how best to encourage that understanding … Continue reading Empathy and Time Management
Some Thoughts on Charlottesville and the History Teacher
This is just a quick reflection as I prepare for the new school year by thinking about lessons, students, and the rage that would drive a man barely out of his teens to step on a gas pedal with enough deliberate force to kill and wound other humans. It’s difficult to overstate how important it … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Charlottesville and the History Teacher
