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79Essay: Why Do I Want to Teach?
by foamysquirrel
He says the problem with teachers is, "What's a kid going to learnfrom someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about... published 5 months ago
79How to Remember How to Make Stuffed Cabbage
by foamysquirrel
Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame is one of the most celebrated chefs in America, the creator of "California cuisine" and a champion of fresh, locally grown foods that are in season. Good for her. I like... published 5 months ago
72Logical Fallacies Quiz
by foamysquirrel
Logical argument, as discussed by Aristotle, involves ethos (the communicator's authority and legitimacy), pathos (the audience's investment in what is communicated) and logos (the quality of the communicated... published 5 months ago
72Building Sentences Ω: Ten Ways to Combine Two Sentences into a Longer, More Complex One
by foamysquirrel
can stand on their own as sentences Ex. Rabid pigs are racing frantically around my living room. can stand on their own as sentences Ex. Rabid pigs are racing frantically around my living room; we... published 5 months ago
72Poem: Geometry
by foamysquirrel
Circlet down, Circlet down, The torque topple leaden from gilt. Copters and gods strike war in the meadows; Druids spin nude and cry with stilettos, Circling down to the ground. *** Boxes and tubes, Boxes and... published 5 months ago
72Essay: Food and Community in Raymond Carver's CATHEDRAL
by foamysquirrel
While discussing Raymond Carver has not yet become a cottage industry à la the study of Hemingway or Shakespeare, a considerable number of people have written an equally considerable number of reviews,... published 5 months ago
66Thesis: Carver Selling And Consuming Communities in 1980’s America (Part 2)
by foamysquirrel
At the close of the last chapter, I referred to the “risk of communication” Lloyd manages to avoid by the obstruction in his ear and by Inez’s rush to make her next appointment. In between these... published 5 months ago
65Thesis: Carver Selling And Consuming Communities in 1980’s America (Part 1)
by foamysquirrel
First: one of the biggest problems in postmodernity, regardless of the paths taken until one definitively decides to stop trying and necessarily failing to define it, is to operate in the world with the... published 5 months ago
62Poem: Tornadoes
by foamysquirrel
Tornadoes never came for me One early angst left still and stifled. At night my veins sipped cold sweat Face braced between mattress and wall I listened to railroad whistles, stealthy avatars of the warning... published 5 months ago
61Essay: Do I Still Want to Teach?
by foamysquirrel
This island is pretty much full of only two things, snakes and rats. And in the end of Mother Nature, we have Richard the Snake, who knowingly went after prey, and Kelly [who betrayed her alliance with Hawk]... published 5 months ago
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