Life and Stuff

“Deputy S. [our school safety officer, who also happens to coach the softball team]
I admire Coach S. because he’s honest and fair. To me he’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever had. If we mess up he would get mad at us about it he’d just make us do it over again. […]

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I feel fortunate to have seen some of the pieces being auctioned in the NYC Spring Art Sale. A few years ago, at MOMA, Paul, Noel, and I had the sheer dumb luck of being able to view a huge contemporary and Impressionist show of the “the” works of our time. It also included the […]

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I’ve been writing about our last big unit of year, focused on activism. As part of this unit, I invited two of my classes to create personal lists of truisms, inspired by the work of Jenny Holzer, an artist dedicated to the power of public “guerrilla” art displays.
My principal is a pretty enlightened guy. He […]

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In response to your e-mails: In the years I’ve kept this site, you’re right–you’ve never heard my voice until the blooper reel entry. It was nice to hear from you all asking for a video entry of me on camera, but…I dunno. I don’t like seeing myself on camera. But I’ll think about it, ok? […]

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“Know that joy is rarer, more difficult and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.”
-Andre Gide
A few weeks ago, I asked two of my classes to divide into groups, then script and perform public service announcements (PSAs) that speak out against bullying. I invited […]

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