Category Archives: Work

School Ooops

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Cora

For obvious reasons (“Remember, remember, the fifth of November…”), I’m teaching the Gunpowder Plot in my classes this week. And by some odd synchronicity, Chancellor Merkel as well as some other European governments are experiencing a gunpowder plot of their … Continue reading →

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Family and Food

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Cora

Because my Tuesday class is the least troublesome and doesn’t leave me completely wiped out, I took the opportunity to visit my aunt after school. She’s temporarily in a care home while recuperating from the series of back operations. She … Continue reading →

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Links and Miscellany

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Cora

I still have some prep work to do for school, so here are some miscellaneous links in lieu of a proper post: Here is a nice post on fiction written by fictional characters from the All About Romance blog. Quite … Continue reading →

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Reflections on writing, teaching and TV

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Cora

Found via Jay Lake: Jim van Pelt reflects on the similarities between writing and teaching and how both can eat your brain. I totally agree with this. Most of time, my brain is either engaged in plotting and character development … Continue reading →

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Empathy and the lack of it

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Cora

I’m tired and frustrated and don’t have a whole lot to say. I’ve seen a lot of stuff about the so-called empathy gap in recent times, which basically means that young people have been becoming less empathetic in the past … Continue reading →

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