A short post: Words matter. I am not just saying this because I am a word-nerd with a love for language. It's just that I was reading and thinking about the words I've been given by various people. And it really hit me how the words we share with people can make a difference...even if [...]
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A Teacher’s Perspective on Mass Shootings in American Schools
If you've read my very first blog post then you know I'm a teacher. You also might know that I'm someone with a deep well of emotion. I am quite gifted at numbing those emotions, usually. But when it comes to things like mass shootings in schools, I come undone. I feel pain that is [...]
Irony, Imprinted Words, and Complicated Relationships
Now that you're probably thoroughly confused and misled by the title of this blog, I'm going to attempt to conceptualize something that's still ridiculously abstract in my mind. I've been thinking a lot lately about how words imprint themselves in our minds; how they create not only memories but something else. Something more powerful, more [...]
