"B" Stings

Friday, February 24, 2012

Conversation in a Teacher's Lounge

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"I'm thinking of recommending Melanie Hobbs for Honors English," Natalie Kassbaum said. "You're kidding,...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Jane's Tale

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Ours was the kind of town where people took care of their own. Otherwise, Janey Von Dyer would have been placed among strangers after she lo...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Re-Do

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It was one of many sites where Sir Francis Drake, on his journey round the world, might have landed. Re-do: It was one of many Californ...
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This Time

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The opportunity has arrived For you To re-do your life: Choose from a list Of assets you don't possess; In your case, friendlin...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Portraits of a Misfit Child

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The following character sketches are inspired by children I've encountered through teaching, parenting, and just having once been a ch...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

No Sense in Fretting About It

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You wake up feeling as if you'd spent half the night in some highly agitated variation of REM sleep. Really you have gotten more exercis...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Portraits of a Misfit Child

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The following sketches are not written for the purpose of assigning blame. Laboring under the constraints of a one-size-fits-all system, the...
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Back in my mid-twenties I held a lowly clerical job in a San Francisco-based corporation. One day I was pulled from my regular duties and asked to go over various files in order to destroy evidence of price fixing. This new assignment violated my code of ethics and I was in the process of considering how and when to launch my protest when my in-laws decided to pay us a visit. Naturally, I spoke to them about my job dilemma since it weighed heavily on my mind. Here's what my father-in-law said: "Listen, tootsie, if your boss tells you to do something, YOU DO IT!" We (my husband, his parents and I) were seated in our small apartment drinking wine.Thus, my reaction to my father-in-law's admonishment was to hurl my wine glass in the general vicinity of his head. I am not proud of this criminally violent and shockingly immature behavior and, in retrospect, I regretted that I had not opted for a cleverer and more graceful way to address my father-in-law's misogynistic posturing. As the years progressed, I learned to act on the (formulaic) advice I gave my students -- "Use your words!"
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