The Big Event

    I don’t have a degree in psychology, psychiatry, or a show on network television telling folks how to handle the Ford tough terrain known as Everyday Life. But today I found myself in the middle of a counseling session with one of my students.  This is not uncommon in the composition classroom;so much [...]

Sometimes young people get on my nerves terribly

Cartoon by Peter Brunke (2003) I'm not sure if I should be a teacher. Sometimes young people get on my nerves terribly.  They know everything, opening their mouths to reveal, mostly, that they know very little.  And they reveal this with such cockiness that you just wanna slap 'em in the mouth like a misbehaving child. I’m [...]