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• Erotic Poetry

  

  A friend wrote a blog post on a new book called ”Pornography in Dutch literature”.Immediately, I had to think about ee cummings, one of my favorite poets, who... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, SELF EXPRESSION

• Black Balloon

  

  Could I have an expiration date?Preferably not too early,but certainly not too late. Give me a contract to sign.Where can I put my name?There, on that dotted... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• An Unfairy Tale

  

  Once upon a time there was a girl of 15 years old. She had good reason to be excited; she would soon turn 16! What better way to share this excitement than... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mumford & Sons ~ Lover of the Light

  

  And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go There’ll be no value in the strength of walls that I have grown There’ll be no comfort in the shade of the... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Profound Question That Managed to Depress Me

  

  Yesterday during methodology class, we got asked a profound question concerning our profession: What is the aim of education? After some prolonged silence,... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wordsworth Nothing

  Wordsworthian is the word. “Poetry is spontaneous overflow of emotions recollected in tranquility.” Something or other. In European Culture there was talk of... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Elastic

  

  There are different types of rubber bands. The old ones usually snap when stretched too far; they are shrivelled and dried up. Then there are the new rubber... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Noticeable Differences

  

  Today was my first day as a teacher at a new department in my school. My students are mostly older than the students I’m used to teaching, with ages varying fro... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Drive

  

  This is insane! I wouldn’t ever pegged the movie Drive to be a movie I would actually like, but lo and behold!There’s little dialog in this movie, but that... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• You Can’t Start Early Enough, Right?

  

  The city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands decided that it would be a good idea to educate 9-year-olds and their parents on the consumption of alcohol especially... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life

  

  Werner Herzog conducts interviews with two murderers: one on death row (Michael Perry) and one sitting out a life sentence (Jason Burkett). He also speaks to... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Out with the Old, in with the New

  

  On Monday I did the beginning-of-the-year chats with the new teachers of my students of last year. To be able to round something off was a great feeling. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bookmark (Weekly Writing Challenge #1)

  

  It’s just a piece of rectangular paper, admittedly colourful. I’ve had it in my possession for more than seven years now.In February of 2005 my... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Best Laid Schemes*

  

  I finished the course plan for the next 12 weeks for my upper school students. The fact that I can do something with actual content makes me incredibly excited. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Do Stories About Dogs Always Make Me Cry?

  

  Yesterday I just felt like a good cry. A sure-fire way to accomplish this, for me, would be to pick out a movie with an animal in it – preferably a dog – that... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Jitters

  

  School starts on Monday. I have to admit that I’m getting slightly nervous. I’ll be working at another department with students of a different level and age.... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Politicians Who Mix Up Facts With Fairy Tales

  

  I would like to congratulate my nation on finding such a great citizen in Kees van der Staaij.Thanks to the other upstanding citizen, Geert Wilders, we’ll have... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Grave Matter: Shakespeare and Gray on the Subject of Poetic Immortality

  

  This is an essay I wrote for my Literature I course in the previous academic year. It’s graded and I got 80%. So, yeah.A Grave Matter – Literature I Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Had a Dream…

  

  … that it was the first day of school and when I got to the classroom I would be teaching in, all the desks were one big jumble. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mumford & Sons

  

  Wow!  Nothing yet about Mumford & Sons? That’s awful. I have been listening to their record Sigh No More for quite some time now and I am never getting tire... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION