Tag Archives: education

First Grade Recollections

What do you remember most from your first year at grade school? In as few words and lines as possible and without saying what the lesson is (as in explicitly announcing “from this experience I learned that…”), convey the scene, … Continue reading

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My Education

This is an “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie-inspired creative challenge. In your comment post to this blog entry, recount an experience you had during the week of January 11–17, 2016 and say what you learned from it. As Alexie does, vividly … Continue reading

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What Does Learning Look Like?

These next few months Roundtable Conversation invites discussion on several literary works. This week, we are looking at Neena Beber’s power-packed ten-minute play Misreadings. One of the prickly things raised in it is the idea of learning. Simone, the student … Continue reading

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