Conversations about representation in literature have been a long time coming, but the day finally arrived. For some people, it arrived too late to save their humanity. Those people view black and brown bodies and black and brown spaces in derogatory terms. Terms that further prove those people are not simply unfit for the office they hold, but unfit period. It’s those unfit people, the perpetrators and the enablers, who solidify why diversity in literature matters and why re

Thursday was a snow day. It was a snow day I didn’t want, but maybe it was a snow day I needed despite Winter Break just ending on Tuesday. On my unexpected day away from school, I watched a little television, I read a lot of pages, and I started thinking about how my 7th grade poetry unit should build upon my 6th grade poetry unit. I really dig poetry. Do you want to know a secret? Years ago I was the excellent student sitting in a high school English class thinking Gatsby w

Actually update my Goodreads. According to Goodreads I read one book in 2017. I read one book on January 1st of 2017, so I know that isn’t accurate. The fault is all mine, but truthfully I find the interface a bit cumbersome. I didn't always, but I've evolved and perhaps Goodreads hasn't kept up, or I'm just making excuses - let's settle on it being a little bit of both. I suppose it was just easier when I spent my mornings and afternoons as Classroom Mom instead of Classroom