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Three Plantations – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Posted by Kate Tabor. July 3, 2016. Whitney had two sugar mills, so they both grew and processed sugar. They processed the sugar for surrounding plantations as well. The giant bowls depicted above are where sugar would be cooked/granulated 24 hours a day. Our second stop was Oak Alley. Look at this row of Live-Oaks:. The trees were inducted into the Live Oak Society in 1995. They have a society! This tour looked at the women who ke...
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Two minutes in defense of reading – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Two minutes in defense of reading. Posted by Kate Tabor. September 9, 2016. September 9, 2016. Last night was the annual curriculum night, and I went off book a bit. I didn’t use my three minutes to tell the parents what I teach; they have the curriculum guide for that. I used it to defend reading. So here goes:. A recent study from Emory University titled Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Novel on Connectivity in the Brain. Sevent...
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Windsor Ruins – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Posted by Kate Tabor. July 1, 2016. July 1, 2016. Evocative. Haunting. Unstable. Unlucky. Quiet. Windsor survived the Civil War only to burn to the ground, victim of a casual cigarette smoker. We were the only people there mid-morning. It was peaceful, lovely, and a bit sad. It’s a must visit. The Mansions of Natchez. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Traveling down the river – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Traveling down the river. Posted by Kate Tabor. June 30, 2016. July 2, 2016. Medgar Evers home in Jackson, MS. He was assassinated in his driveway. A good friend of mine who teaches at a private school in NYC invited me to join her on her summer ramblings. She teaches. And she wanted to get closer to the River and to Twain’s. Life on the Mississippi. We toured Eudora Welty’s house and gardens. She was a delightful woman, ...And her...
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CMK Day Two: Contradictions – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. CMK Day Two: Contradictions. Posted by Kate Tabor. July 9, 2015. July 9, 2015. Dr Leah Buechley reacts to the reality of exclusion. Yesterday has me thinking about equity and access. I had two very different experiences while listening to the featured speakers. White men. And what do they make? The transformational geometry of cornrow braiding. This past year I had the pleasure of seeing Liz Gerber. Professor of design at Northwest...
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CMK15: Day Three – inspiration and wisdom and changing course a bit – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. CMK15: Day Three – inspiration and wisdom and changing course a bit. Posted by Kate Tabor. July 10, 2015. 8220;Practice in spite of how you feel right now.” – Barry Harris – Photo credit to @EricaTheMaker. The panel reminded me to think about and the learning environment that I am creating for my students. How can I make it a place that is a model for a good life? So what about my project? Spider by John Henry. That freed me up to ...
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Living on the Lip of Insanity – Page 2 – Notes on my teaching practice and my life
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Spring, Passover, Easter, and girl bunnies. This has been a hard winter. The coldest February on record for Chicago, late snow, and the usual stresses of growing up and growing older. My twins will be off to college next fall. They have wonderful choices but not maybe the choices that they anticipated. It will all be good. And today I planted…. The Vingananee and the Tree Toad. I wrote thi...
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Day one – CMK15: Learning – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. Day one – CMK15: Learning. Posted by Kate Tabor. July 8, 2015. July 8, 2015. The work space before the thinking began. The list of project ideas was incredible. Two have a Back to the Future vibe (create a hoverboard and an automated pet care system [thank you, Dr. Brown]) No one suggested a Flux Capacitor, though we do have a Tardis under construction. Some of the other ideas were:. A book with a mind of its own. Army of Art bots.
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I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing – Living on the Lip of Insanity
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Living on the Lip of Insanity. Notes on my teaching practice and my life. I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing. Posted by Kate Tabor. July 3, 2016. July 3, 2016. Live-Oak, Laura Plantation, Vacherie, LA. I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing,. All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the. Without any companion it grew there, uttering joyous. Leaves of dark green,. And its look, rude, unbending, lusty, made me think. But I wonder’d how it could utter joyous leaves,. Think of manly love;. You are c...
