I have been thinking about television. Which seems like an odd place to start when I am actually thinking about my students…but here we are. When I was growing up, there just weren’t that many choices. We watched I Dream of Jeannie and The Brady Bunch and later M*A*S*H and The Love Boat. Obviously notContinue reading “I’m Wondering What We Have in Common?”
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Having Been Gutted…I’m a Little Tender
I hurt a student this week and I didn’t know until her mom reached out with the kindest, most heartfelt punch in the gut I can imagine. I hurt her daughter and she wanted me to know it. I had put random and anonymous student responses from a digital worksheet on the screen. There wereContinue reading “Having Been Gutted…I’m a Little Tender”
The Practice of Coming Back
It is early in the school year, and I have been thinking about what exactly I am trying to accomplish during these first few weeks. Honestly, we aren’t learning all that much ASL yet. We are learning some, obviously. Names. Classroom language. Fingerspelling. The beginnings of communication. But there is something else happening before theyContinue reading “The Practice of Coming Back”
