Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again)
I remember vividly during one of Bill Clinton’s State of the Union addresses watching the president state that he was seeking education policy that would insure that all third graders would be able to read; he did the emphatic fist with thumb slightly extended to prove he was serious. I also remember thinking—and possibly saying aloud to the TV—”No, they won’t.” It is a silly political thing to pr
Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin
criminal acts (black&white) — justice — hoods (justice pt. 2)
2-18-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5)Prologue I am a child of literature, more specifically of science fiction. As a result, I am also a child of allegory, metaphor, and the richness of layered language. Smitten as a reader, I eventually—a