re(Muse)ings http://lporter.kiswrites.org Literature, Life, and Teaching in the Parenthesis Wed, 21 May 2008 08:14:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bell Jar Criticism Critical theory this is not . . . just why the Bell Jar shouldn't work. I say this knowing that each comment has been said on seven planets and two satellite moons: 1.  Knowing Sylvia Plath's life makes the book difficult to read as a story rather than an autobiography.  With ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/05/21/bell-jar-criticism/ B(h)ell Jar My senior students are reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath; at the same time the juniors are reading The Great Gatsby.  Unfortunately, The Bell Jar is speaking to me and speaking to me deeply. I try not to live my literature.  I have a friend who does and I ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/05/19/bhell-jar/ Drop Out I dropped out worse than any of my students.  They know they have to maintain at least one post a week for a grade.  I know that this is a life style consideration.  And I become lazy just like other bloggers I see in the world, so I dropped out. Now, ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/05/06/drop-out/ Image Creation in Blogs Last week, Karen Haines quoted my post about blogging on her blog the PhD Learning Curve. I've spent the last week going back to her post and the blogs connected through her post and thinking about her questions. I am particularly excited by one post titled More on Teacher ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/03/12/image-creation-in-blogs/ Public (I)dentity What will I write? How will I handle it if someone from the wide, wide world reads my writing? How will I handle the time? What will my blog be about? Can my blog be about "me" or does it have to be about teaching? I had a celebration and a "freak out" last week. ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/03/10/public-identity/ Blog Lines Joy Clay Burrell, Beyond School, Teaching Media Specialist, Colleague-Down-the-Hall,  the Scary-Guy-that-is-going-to-talk-to-me-about-computers-AGAIN, turned my next light on today. Bloglines -- Beta Style.  Wow is this little tool going to make my life potentially easier.  Mr. Media Guru actually mentioned Blog Lines in December 2006.  He demonstrated the joys in February 2007.  He made ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/02/26/blog-lines-joy/ I read poetry, too I am irritable today with no reason; the subway's cavern yawns wide and empty; heels clip clop on concrete; grading weighs my backpack. To soothe my mind I take out a book of poems. Rumors are that poetry is a dying art (other than music). Reports state that no one ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/02/19/i-read-poetry-too/ (What)er Ches(nuts) Cooking is a glorious creative or mathematical art depending on the cook.  I personally can devise excellent meals, yet I am not a proficient chef. An example, today is my day for salad. My collegue across the hall makes salad on Tuesdays and I have Thursdays.  This is perfect.  At least ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/02/13/whater-chesnuts/ News Hound In the last couple of months, I've started paying attention to the news again. Current event discovery has been rather random for me since being in Asia. First of all in my "other life," I listened to NPR as I drove to and from work and that ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/02/11/news-hound/ Effective Oil-Spill Clean-up? Tae-An Oil Spill Clean Up Saturday, I accompanied 18 fantastic students and their chosen chaperone to help clean up at the oil spill on the coast of Korea. We were told before going to bring gloves, rubber gloves, rubber boots, and a raincoat. Lucky for most of us when ... http://lporter.kiswrites.org/2008/02/03/effective-oil-spill-clean-up/