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Word of the Day
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The word of the day comes from the very beginning of Elizabeth George's new mystery: Careless in Red. Inspector Lynley is on the forty-third day of his solitary walking tour--an effort to cope with his wife's recent death. He sees a solitary surfer and realizes they have a kinship in choosing to be alone: " He knew nothing about surfing, but he knew a fellow cenobite when he saw one." cenobite-- a member of a religious community .jpg) |
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Shakespearean Quote of the Day
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We all can picture a politician who fits the contempt expressed in this quotation from Henry lV, Part 1: I am whipp'd and scourg'd with rods, Nettled, and stung with pismires, when I hear Of this vile politician. Choose your own example! 
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The "Lasts" of High School
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This last month of teaching at Oakton High School is the last time my students experience all sorts of events: dances, ceremonies, lunch lines, bells, early start times, nightly homework assignments. I am in the interesting position of going through these "lasts" along with them as I prepare to teach at George Mason University full-time next year, giving up my high school job. I feel like I'm "graduating", too. Each day as the students file in, I am aware it's the "last" AP test, or class on James Joyce, or oral report on Pride and Prejudice. All those "lasts" make me a bit sad, whereas all their "lasts" make them jubilant. It's so true that when we're young we only look forward and not backward, but as we age we see that it's all-important to look both ways, simultaneously. That adds a layer of meaning and gives each event a complexity it wouldn't otherwise have. Actually, I retract my blanket statement that they ONLY look forward. Some of my students are sad to leave the womb of high school, and the friends they've grown up with. Maybe we're not so different, after all. 
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Read Me: The Two-Minute Book Review
 Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett, was published in 2001 , and would seem to have been influenced by September 11--except that it was written before that event. It is a study of hostages and terrorists, their differences and similarities. If your world is beginning to look a bit black and white, this novel will restore the all-important gray areas to your perceptions. This is, unquestionably, my students' favorite novel of the year. Sometimes they don't return the books on time because their parents want to read it!
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Word of the Day
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pecuniary--of or relating to money The word of the day comes from the 2004 Advanced Placement literature tests where students were challenged by a Henry James passage from one of his short stories. A tutor interviews for a job because, "as yet one's University honours had, pecuniarily speaking, remained barren." This phrase was interpreted by students in many ways--most of which were hilariously off the mark. (This did not, generally, mean their grades were lower. We didn't expect students to have the same vocabulary as Henry James!) .jpg)
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Erica Jacobs
Erica Jacobs is the Education columnist for the DC Examiner, and has taught high school and college for 33 years. She has been around the education block! Email her at ejacob1@gmu.edu.
Erica Jacobs is the Education columnist for the DC Examiner, and has taught high school and college for 33 years. She has been around the education block! Email her at ejacob1@gmu.edu.
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