By: Liz Jorgensen “A University is a society for the pursuit of learning. As students, you will be expected to make yourselves, or to start making yourselves, into what the Middle Ages called clerks: into philosophers, scientists, scholars, critics, or historians. And at first sight this seems to be an Read more…
BY: LIZ JORGENSEN “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” ― Nelson Mandela ― “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ― Read more…
BY: LIZ JORGENSEN Hey there, happy Sunday! If you followed the advice of the many teacher blogs telling you to relax and take time for self-care over break and are now scrambling for some back-to-school lesson ideas… We got you, sis/bruh. Or, if you’re an impeccably focused and responsible teacher Read more…
By: Liz Jorgensen I’m so glad that I stumbled upon the DUST short films YouTube channel a few weeks ago. According to their About page, “DUST is a sci-fi brand that presents thought-provoking visions of the future.” An apt description. From post-apocalyptic to man vs. machine to questions of scientific Read more…
BY: LIZ JORGENSEN There’s a big difference in the phrases “a notebook” and “my notebook.” Because I want my students to have ownership of their writing notebooks—to feel that their writing notebooks, and by extension, their writing itself, is an expression of themselves and driven by them—I want them to Read more…