Tag: teaching
Arts – Playful Plagiarism
The first poem that I ever wrote, I copied out of the back pages of a magazine for teens. I was in 6th grade and already a felon. Sitting in the locked bathroom, I read through the dozen or so poems submitted by other teens and painstakingly searched for the one that “sounded like me.” [...]
Arts – Grateful for a Change in Perspective
My first job out of college was teaching in a grade school. Before anyone congratulates me on actually landing a job right out of college in this economy, I’d like to clarify that this was three whole years after college, with a so-so salary in a not-so-nice neighborhood. Even so, I was thrilled to have [...]
