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Reluctant readers: how to help a child who does not enjoy reading
Help for marking essays and giving feedback to students
Plato on old age
The Story of the Taoist Farmer
一团和气 (yi tuan he qi)
Binary thinking, again
The government is not concerned with your health, or mine
On sickness and health: the wisdom of the ages and the COVID-19 anti-vax upsurge
Practice, practice, practice!
The Vertigo Plan for diet and fitness
Ode to the Inner Ear
Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage?
Thackeray Knew Trump
Krishnamurti: separation is violence
Election disputes, voter fraud, violence, and my great-great-uncle, the Senator
The Five-Year Marriage: My Brilliant Idea
Nuclear power: safe and economical
The argument for nuclear power
Wise words from George Monbiot
America
Why is learning to write well so slow, so difficult, and so frustrating?
Socialize pro sports!
John Adams: “Remember, democracy never lasts long”
My Old Friend
Why Democracy Is Breaking
Why do a GAP year?
Zhuangzi mourns his wife
George Kennan: “the sowing of bitterness, suspicion, and intolerance”
4 (now 5) Reasons the U.S. Is Doomed
St. John’s College, the Great Books school
Is it possible for a nation to eat junk food and watch TV for half a century without consequences?
Welcome to Human Rights Camp
La Mère Bourgeois
Terrorism, Racism, and Healing the Body Politic
Research: what are ‘credible sources’?
Never Give Up: An Inspiring Story
Dear Google: an opportunity I hope you can’t refuse
Dear Maury
The Intentional Fallacy: it doesn’t matter what the author intended
‘Hamlet: The Happy Ending’
Rebirth
Turn your school into Paris
3 Reasons I Love Class Blogs
How to improve your English
Sending the Right Message About Literature
Not an Option, Not a Frill: Literature at the Core of Learning
Holden Caulfield on Smoking: a Pastiche
Writers, editors, and school
Ancient Greece, Modern Readers
Student blogging as 'independent writing'

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The world will be a better place if everyone, all the time, respects human rights and the rule of law—especially when our emotions pull us most strongly in the opposite direction.

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I have been teaching secondary school English since 1980 in the United States, Morocco, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and China in public, private, and international schools. I am also the author of Good Habits, Good Students: A Complete Guide for Students Who Want to Succeed.

After living and teaching in Suzhou, China from 2004 - 2015, I spent three years in Salem, Oregon, where my teaching career began. Currently I am living in Victoria, BC, and working at Brookes Westshore School.

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