photo credit: Amanda Whitlock "And giving up reading it will make you happier." The Guardian I admit to being semi-addicted to Facebook. I get up every morning, make my hot lemon tea water, start the coffee brewing, and open up the computer. My day just doesn't seem to start off right without reading Sean Dietrich's …
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I do not try to hide my age. As a matter of fact, I make my new 7th graders practice their math skills in French during the first week of school by figuring out my age. First, though, I ask them to guess how old I am. A humbling experience, trust me. Soixante-quinze?? Vraiment? 75? …
Summer Lunch Project
I love to go out for lunch. I spend mid-August through early June eating lunch five days a week with my group of 10-12 seventh graders, my advisees. In my classroom. For 20 minutes. Seems barbaric in so many ways. When I tried to explain this to a group of French friends during my first …
the sabbatical chef 