10/28/2020 Expectations: Part ThreeThis is the final installment of the "Expectations" series, and this one goes out to parents, guardians, and families. I'm calling it, "What I Request of You, Fall Term 2020."
I would like you to...
10/19/2020 Expectations: Part TwoHere's a set of statements I'm calling "What I Expect From You, Fall Term 2020." This goes out to my students and to their families.
I would like you to...
I welcome your comments and questions about this list. 10/12/2020 Expectations: Part OneHere's a set of statements I'm calling "What You Can Expect From Me, Fall Term 2020." This goes out to my students and to their families.
I will...
9/22/2020 Happy Hobbit Day!In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit According to chapter one of The Fellowship of the Ring, two important hobbits--Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins--share a birthday on 22 September. The year that Bilbo turned eleventy-one coincided with the year Frodo turned thirty-three, and both of those birthdays were important ones in hobbit life. The account of that very famous party also appears in chapter one, "A Long-Expected Party." In celebration of this holiday, I hope that you'll take time to enjoy hobbit-y things today. Perhaps a walk in the woods (barefoot, if you're a bit daring), a second breakfast, or an unexpected party with friends? Or maybe just something that speaks comfort to you. Happy Birthday, Bilbo and Frodo! If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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