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• Truthful Tuesdays (6)

  I have to write about something I hope I’ll never have to do. The thing is, eventually I’ll have to do everything I can think of or it will at least be very... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Accidental Babies by Damien Rice

  Well I held you like a lover Happy hands and your elbow in the appropriate placeAnd we ignored our others, happy plans For that delicate look upon your faceOur... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Way Past the Due Date

  

  How long should I wait?I teach secondary school children in the lower levels of the Dutch educational system. Besides learning disabilities and arrears in... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Truthful Tuesdays (5)

  When I was 15 years old I dreamed of studying veterinary sciences abroad. I didn’t want to study the regular rabbits, cats and dogs, but the wild animals. That’... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Book Review: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

  Julian BarnesAbout two weeks ago I ordered The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. I figured that he won the 2011 Man Booker Prize with it, so it must be... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cambridge Proficiency Exam

  On Thursday I took my CPEs (speaking, listening, reading and use of English). I got my result for the speaking part immediately after the test: an A! This is th... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Truthful Tuesdays (4)

  Of course, while I was reading my fourth day of truth topic, my mind immediately went there. It would somehow be the more obvious choice to write about when... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Can’t See the Big Picture

  

  A group Americans showed up at my place of employment today. They had arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday for a one week trip in which they are promoting a... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Sometimes You’re Just out of Luck

  

  Notice the rain?This is what happened on the third and final day of my mini-break last weekend. We had been enjoying some time off in a Dutch village called... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Truthful Tuesdays (3) on Wednesday

  I forgive you.I forgive you for acting like a teenager when you were one, and practically thinking of no one but yourself; for being too consumed with first lov... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Spatially Challenged

  

  Rufus on the A-frame.Last summer I started taking agility classes with my flatcoated retriever, Rufus. We both have been enjoying this immensely. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Confessing My Love for Harry

  

  Counting the Days by Mary GrandPré, official HP illustratorThe first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released when I was... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wolves and Lions: on Responsibility and Courage

  

  Ms. Müller with Fatima kissing her on the cheek and Marius in the backgroundYesterday I was watching a two-part Dutch documentary on-line, which is called Voor... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Truthful Tuesdays (2)

  

  The thing I love most about myself is that I love to learn. Accumulation of knowledge makes me the happiest person alive. The best part about this is the fact... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Improving Literacy One Reading Mile at a Time: the R5 Method of Sustained...

  

  One of the spearheads of our department at school is literacy. There is a plan in the works to provide our students with forty-five minutes of purely literacy... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Terrible Thursdays? I Hope Not!

  

  For some reason, Thursdays aren’t turning out to be my good days. Have you ever got the feeling that you’re juggling ten-plus things at a time, trying to keep... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Shortcomings of the “Now Generation”

  

  Symptom of the Now GenerationI got the following question in a comment from one of the visitors to my blog (MyAccidental): “I just wanted to know from your poin... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Truthful Tuesday (1)

  The thing I hate most about myself is probably that I tend to prioritize someone’s feelings above the truth. In a mission impossible to shelter others of hurt... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• These Tags Raise Questions: in Which Some Questions Are Answered

  

  I handed the generally unsatisfying test results out to my students today. I told them up front that I wasn’t happy with the results, but immediately told them ... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• These Tags Raise Questions

  

  Little buggers.I have never heaved so many sighs while grading tests as I have today. There were two parts of the test the students were apparently struggling... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION