by DianneSalerni | May 13, 2015 | education, teaching, testing
If you want a funny and yet completely on-the-mark and disturbing look at standardized testing in our country, you should skip my post and watch this John Oliver clip instead. It’s long, but worth watching all the same. (Hey, my post is long too.) I’m going to...
by DianneSalerni | May 11, 2015 | education, teaching, testing
I haven’t written much on my blog about why I left teaching last year. I meant to. I even have a document in my blog file labeled Why I Had to Leave with a long list of topics to write about. I was furious about being driven out of my profession by the choices made by...
by DianneSalerni | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
PHEW! How did you spend the last month?
by DianneSalerni | May 1, 2015 | First Impressions
Our first submission for First Impressions in May comes from Gwen Dandridge. This is the first page of HYBRID, a contemporary YA novel. *** Prologue 2004 Mosul, Iraq An electric fan whapped around and around, barely stirring the hot, dry air. I kept my eyes on...
by DianneSalerni | Apr 13, 2015 | pets
This was truly hysterical to watch. Sorcia and Luna could not believe the audacity of that squirrel. I’ll be taking a blog hiatus for the remainder of April. So, I’ll see you all again in May!
