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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Shakespearean Quote of the Day

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May 18, 10:06 AM

by Erica Jacobs, Education Examiner

Today I will going to the Shakespeare Theatre's performance of Julius Caesar with a few students and several other teachers, so it's fitting that the quote below comes from that play. My column for Monday calls my current students my best ever (which is true), so you know I could never say this to them. But there have been (very rare) class moments over the last couple of decades when I would have liked to have been able to say:

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! (Julius Caesar)

Topics: day , class , shakespeare , quote , julius caesar

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The Writing Process

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The phenomenon of "The National Examiners" is only five weeks old, but already I have discovered something about the writing process as it has been affected by my (almost) daily posts. Twice my Monday column for the DC Examiner has grown out... Read More
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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... Read More
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Shakespearean Quote of the Day

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May 15, 10:09 AM

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 hearOf this vile politician.Choose your own example!... Read More
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The "Lasts" of High School

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May 14, 12:00 PM

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... Read More
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Read Me: The Two-Minute Book Review

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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... Read More
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Word of the Day

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May 13, 7:02 AM

pecuniary--of or relating to moneyThe 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... Read More
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Shakespearean Quote of the Day

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May 12, 10:16 AM

This quotation from Taming of the Shrew might come to your mind as you realize that many schools, including George Mason University where I teach, have just announced a tuition increase of close to 10% for next year:O, I am undone, I am undone!... Read More
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Is There Education After the Test?

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May 11, 9:54 PM

My students took "the test" at the end of last week, and we have our first "real" class after that event on Monday. What is life like in the classroom after the test has been given? We've been preparing since Day 1 for this moment,... Read More
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