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We continue our critical discussion of education versus schooling in my composition course. The latest conversation has centered around three texts: John Gatto’s “Against School” and “The Seven Lesson School Teacher,” and Alfie Kohn’s “What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?” Of the three, Gatto’s pieces are most provocative–or at least I thought they [...]

What did you have for dinner? Do you know where it came from? Ok, from the grocery store (or the fast food restaurant). What about before that? Do you know where it came from before that? Do you know what it cost to get from there to your plate?
I recently had the pleasure of [...]

My fiction writing class has just completed their “obstructions” project, which is always a hoot (for me anyway). The project is based on the creative methodology demonstrated in the Lars Von Trier film The Five Obstructions. In the film, Von Trier challenges his mentor–veteran film director Jørgen Leth–to remake his 1967 short film entitled “The [...]