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Category Archives: Excerpts
Yo Miss, You Married?
Some say there is no such thing as a stupid question. I agree. But the timing of some of my former students’ questions was really stupid. Case in point: As I completed an exegesis of a Robert Frost poem, I … Continue reading
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The Elements of Smile
Boy, I sure underestimated the caliber of writer I addressed at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Senior Center at St. Peter’s Church this afternoon (what a mouthful – I hope there’s an abbreviated name for this place.) First of all, … Continue reading
Who Tips Santa Anyway?
The Queens Courier – December 31, 2009 – www.queenscourier.com “Hi ya, Doll!” That is the greeting from a Santa Claus in Queens – and my former high school student. Meet Frankie, a classic Italian-American wise guy wannabe. A rotund … Continue reading
Posted in Book promotion, Excerpts, Publications, Take Off Your Hat and Spit Out Your Gum, teaching
Tagged "Students I Can't Eraser", "The Sopranos", busboy, Daily News, elevator pass, Howard Beach, Macbeth, Paul Castellano, Pauli Walnuts, physically-challenged students, Richmond Hill H.S., Sparks Steakhouse, student wiseguy, Villa Russo in Ozone park
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A Love Letter to My Students
CHAPTER EXCERPTS Taken from Melinda Ehrlich’s Take Off Your Hat and Spit Out Your Gum – A Teacher’s Memoir A Love Letter to My Students Every once in a while I fell in love with one of my classes. Here … Continue reading
Team Teaching as a “Solution” to Overcrowding At Maxwell
CHAPTER EXCERPTS Taken from Melinda Ehrlich’s Take Off Your Hat and Spit Out Your Gum – A Teacher’s Memoir Team Teaching as a “Solution” to Overcrowding At Maxwell In this overcrowded building an attempt was made to solve the classroom … Continue reading
BLOOPERS AND WISECRACKS
These can be found in Melinda Ehrlich’s Take Off Your Hat and Spit Out Your Gum – A Teacher’s Memoir Twisted But Funny When I asked students to take out their textbooks one day, Savitrie did not have hers on … Continue reading
