bewildered

"Hesitant and bewildered students were his specialty. They posed a special problem to the institution, since these students were no longer sure what they were doing there and were no longer secure in their habits. They milled about and wondered quite openly what this place was for."

~~ from The Sick List by Ansgar Allen

life as a teacher

"As [Martin] Heidegger was praising the primordial wisdom and natural integrity of his Black Forest farmers, the provincial teacher saw his fellow adults only as cattle, maggots, or, at best, three-quarters human. [Ludwig] Wittgenstein loved the idea of the "simple people," but not the reality, just as he loved the idea of life as a teacher, but not the rapidly changing job of teaching in Austria under the educational reforms instituted by the Social Democrats. His revulsion at the teaching methods that were being introduced was clear[.]"

~~ from Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy by Wolfram Eilenberger

urban education during the pandemic

"The gap in grades that existed before the pandemic between Black and Latino students and white and Asian counterparts widened to as much as 21 percentage points.

"Elementary school reading scores dropped 7 percentage points overall, while gaps between Black and Latino students and white and Asian classmates grew to 26 percentage points or more.

"More than 200,000 students are not meeting grade-level goals in math and reading."

honest teacher

"An honest teacher would bring about the extinction of the entire teaching profession. An honest teacher would obliterate every illusion, practice, and malpractice that keeps this edifice of teaching in place, I thought."

~~ from The Sick List by Ansgar Allen

An Education in Class

Follow this linked sentence for a compelling look at the intersection of luck, college, financial aid, Brandeis, economic class, N.Y.U., dorm life, Portugal, one-way bus tickets, and cigarette supplies.

Poetry Reading at Nick's on September 25, 7 to 8 p.m.

We have a fun poetry reading at Nick's Tavern & Deli in always sunny downtown Clemson, South Carolina on Thursday, September 25 from 7 to 8 p.m. You won't want to miss it!