“AN EMOTIONAL DAY AT SHORTRIDGE…”
Yesterday was an emotional day at Shortridge. The Goodbye poem exercise truly awakened some of our student’s inner-feelings. In a way, I …
“SHE STARTED OPENING UP…”
Last week, I spent time with a student who seemed disinterested in working at first. We were created sentences from a list …
SHORTRIDGE BY THE NUMBERS
Because I’d hate to see a perfectly good Excel spreadsheet collect virtual dust, here are some of the figures we crunched from …
HITTING THE GROUND WRITING
I can’t help but feel enthusiastic for the rest of the semester after our first week back at Shortridge. We introduced a …
HOLIDAY READING = FESTIVE SUCCESS
I feel strongly that the Exclusive Ink Holiday Party and Reading on Thursday was the culmination of everyone’s efforts throughout the semester, …
“I NEVER THOUGHT MY HELP WOULD INFLUENCE A STUDENT’S CAREER PATH…”
Since the inaugural Writing In The Schools course is wrapping up, here are some more brief reflections from Butler University tutors culled …
“A LOT TO UNPACK…”
This past Thursday was one of the best sessions I’ve ever had with a student. We accomplished very little homework, but that …
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY
Last week I worked with a student after he took a test for his English class. He had two prompts to choose …
FREEDOM
A quick feel-good anecdote. When we went to Mr. Adams’ AVID class this week, I got a chance to work one-on-one with …
PLANET OF THE PLAYWRIGHTS
On Thursday, I met with a Shortridge sophomore who was working on a line-by-line interpretation of Mark Antony’s speech in Julius Caesar. …