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Old Courses

Links to pages for courses from previous years:

IB English A1, 2007-11

English 9A 2010-11

English 9A 2009-10

Pages for courses before 2009-10 have been deleted.

Nero may have fiddled while Rome burned. We’re fiddling while the entire planet burns.

Lasting values

The arts, ideas, natural beauty, and good conversation provide lasting pleasure.

Featured Posts

  • Plato on old age
  • 一团和气 (yi tuan he qi)
  • The government is not concerned with your health, or mine
  • 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 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'
  • Four Ways Teachers Can Inspire Students

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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.

About

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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Good Habits, Good Students

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