“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust We all need to keep gratitude in our lives, but gratitude is a slippery feeling. It doesn’t flare up, like anger; it doesn’t overwhelm us, like joy. Gratitude is something we need […]
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Much Ado About Shakespeare
When conversing about the great Bard, Mr. William Shakespeare, you are likely to encounter one of these four reactions: 1. People who know nothing about Shakespeare other than their forced high school experience with Romeo and Juliet, and couldn’t care less. These people are often quite vocal in their castigation of Shakespeare’s works. There may […]
Lies My Teacher Told Me
In honor of the first week of school, here’s a nonfiction favorite of mine, James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. While the title is a great hook (and feeds into the popular teachers-as-villains theme this country is enjoying right now) it’s not really framed around teachers. Instead, […]