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Ode to Mr. Wilson

Ode to Mr. Wilson

Mr. Wilson was my eighth grade home-room teacher.  He looked and, in my imagination, acted like the Greatest American Hero, minus the awkwardness.  Let’s be real, 1982 real — he was kind of rad. It’s possible that I was swayed by the fact that he took those of us who got straight A’s out to Farrell’s (I thinkContinue Reading

On the New F-Word: “Feedback”

On the New F-Word: “Feedback”

My biggest mistake in homeschooling was reading and believing various books that suggest a parent should never evaluate a child’s work. It disrupts, even crushes, the creative spirit, they say. Instead, a parent does better to affirm some aspect of the work in a neutral manner: “You used four different colors in this picture” insteadContinue Reading

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