Monday, December 14, 2009

"Outed" - Teaching Shakespeare (Day 11)

Today we read Act IV, which is only a couple pages long and actually quite lame in our abridged version. But it gives us time to read and perform it in class twice, which means everyone will get to participate.

My blog has recently been discovered by a few people:

1. an associate agent with a legitimate literary agency, which was a nice, surprising email to receive.

2. My students.

Oh yes, the power of the internet. Once posted, it's there for good. But I'm glad a few cyber-searching souls have discovered their English teacher doing something worthy:

"Can you believe it? Mr. Wymer reads books and writes stuff on a blog about teaching and traveling and writing these things called novels?"

(GASP)

"And he actually types on a computer and spells everything the right way."

(DOUBLE GASP)

But isn't that what I should be doing? Modeling necessary skills for every profession possible? Even fast food employees have to read and occasionally write something. Plus, there's nothing to hide here at Crossing Chalk. This blog is all about reading and writing, and sometimes just plain old living.

So Chalk Heads, young or old, if you like that sort of stuff, you're in the right place. You might even pick up a nugget of knowledge or get a great book recommendation. Or you might be entertained to the brim and find yourself LOL or ROFL.

(TRIPLE GASP)

"He even knows IM abbreviations for things."


Reading: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner (a page-turning other-worldly kind of story. Shuckface!)

Writing: Working on Bird-Man Street; waiting on several agents' responses on fulls (Crossing Chalk)

Running: (LOL)

9 comments:

  1. Hey Mr. Wymer,
    Its Zach O. I found your blog and thought it was so cool!!! I just read your first chapter of Birdman and i thought it was really good. You should read it to the class I bet we would all love to hear it.
    So keep writing the funny stuff and I will defintily keep reading the blog!!
    Thanks
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  3. Can I still swear in the comments?
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  4. Everything's up in the air. But I'm not considering this a quagmire. Instead, I'm embracing it. After all, we all write for them anyway.

    If I ran a publishing company, I would have a panel of target audience readers who would decide the fate of manuscripts. I'd figure out a way to do it and pay them.
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  5. Thanks for the comment, Zach. Glad you like the blog.
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  6. It is a sign of maturity when students/children discover their teachers/parents are humans!

    (gasp)
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  7. It's a brave thing to be okay with having your students read your blog. I have a friend who teaches high school English and she goes to great pains to keep her work life separate from her private life. I think your way is better. It's got to lead to a deeper connection and sense of respect between you and your students.
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  8. Thanks, Lisa. You are correct. What's the big deal? I teach, read, write, travel, and I write about it all.
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  9. I think its really cool that you have a blog.
    -- From: One of your sixth grade students
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