The Anxiety of Truth

{Editor’s Note: Quiddity has a new author! Beginning with the following post, CiRCE journeyman and Magnet School English Teacher, David Wright, will make regular contributions to Quiddity, enriching our conversation. You’ll see why I asked him to join us in the next minute:} The Anxiety of Truth David M. Wright Tell all the Truth but tell [...]

How to teach children to listen

Notes gathered during the apprenticeship call on 4/17: Make them do it Ask them to respond to what others say by asking questions that demand interpretation e.g. How do you understand [a word the other said]? What would you have done? Did he do the right thing? How would you compare that with this? etc. [...]

Apprenticeship retreat launch

I’m in Houston for the winter apprenticeship retreat so I’m going to try to post an entry or two during the day to let you know what’s happening. I’ll say this to embitter you yangki’s: it’s about 70 degrees outside. Having grown up in Wisconsin, I can hardly absorb a January day in the 70′s. [...]

Saved post on the apprenticeship

Camille, one of the apprentices, sent me this today. She said I could post it so I am: I just got back from North Carolina, another apprenticeship retreat, and I think I can safely say we all had a blast. Our gang has more fun than anyone else. Some think of teacher training as boring, [...]