These are the posts that are most important to me from this archive:
- The World (of English) According to Me – Pt. 1: This was an attempt to synthesize my understanding of and approach to teaching the “English discipline.” I never got to any other parts. Interpret that how you will.
- I’m Not in the 408: Another teacher wrote a post about all the reasons for leaving teaching that didn’t apply to him. It prompted me to further explain why many of those reasons did apply to me.
- Researching the Bunny Man: Not all that significant in itself, but an example of real-world research. Real-world anything in the classroom is better than the best “fake” assignment anyone can dream up. This is a small example.
- Students Have Bodies / Remember Their Bodies: These two posts try to remind teachers that they’re teaching people, not just brains, and that those people have bodies that can’t be ignored by the educational process without causing problems.
- Coyote Teaching: The most important post on the site.
- Working Backwards to Assessment: Some thoughts on how teachers should construct assessments.
- Response to “In Defense of NCLB”: A response to a post by another teacher, where I get all upset about NCLB.
- Teaching is Consequential: My basic point is that a teachers’ teaching should come out of what they’re “doing” in the other parts of their life.
- Helping Students Cheat: An intentionally confrontational title, my point is that much of what is labeled “cheating” today is actually just collaboration, and that if it’s easy to really “cheat” on your assignments, then you need better assignments.
I taught English and creative writing at a public high school. I stay involved in education through my work with the Northern Virginia Writing Project. 
