Teaching… Generative AI in the Classroom 13 May 2024 From personal observation, I'd say that roughly 15-25% of my students this semester used AI to complete most or all of an assignment. By casually skimming, I can usually tell…
Memoir Brokedick: A Memoir Excerpt, Part III 12 May 202412 May 2024 Now I still wear my Army-issue eyeglasses when I exercise. BCGs, Birth Control Glasses, because the idea is that no one will want to sleep with you if you’re wearing…
fiction… Arrive at the Silence of Yourself: Reading Brautigan 5 Nov 20235 Nov 2023 "The light pours itself through a small hole in the sky. I’m not very happy, but I can see how things are faraway."After he committed suicide by gunshot, it was…
activism… Collateral Damage 17 Oct 202317 Oct 2023 Yesterday in class we were discussing the differences between traditional media (TV, newspapers, radio, etc.) and new media (social media, podcasts, blogs, etc.). We talked about how 9/11 might have…
activism… Banned Books 2 Oct 20233 Oct 2023 The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 was met by my students with tepid interest at first. In the characters they sometimes saw themselves, a parent, a sibling, or a…
Teaching… Public Funds, Private Schools 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023 On Glensford Drive here in Fayetteville one could be forgiven for not even noticing Montclair Elementary School, lost as it is in the enormous shadow of Berean Baptist Church. Across…
Uncategorized “From Yale to Jail” and Radical Opportunity 13 Sep 202313 Sep 2023 "The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism." - Martin Luther King, Jr. For anyone whose heart is broken daily, as mine…
Uncategorized Brokedick: A Memoir Excerpt, Part II 11 Sep 2023 Part I can be found here. “Runner!” He hadn’t intended to run. He was just standing outside the door of the barracks on the stoop where all of us sometimes,…
activism… This Unhappy Consciousness 4 Aug 2023 Recently, I was the recipient of a "40 Under 40" award in my community. 40 Under 40 is a feature of many mid-size cities across the United States, and is…
Memoir Brokedick: A Memoir Excerpt 16 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 I joined the United States Army in June 2007. With the encouragement of my recruiters, I lied about my pre-existing health conditions. When those conditions became known at Basic Combat…