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Blogiversary Week – The Ecstasy of an Object
Okay! It’s One-Year Anniversary Week here at the Jacke Blog, and we’re counting down the most and least popular posts of the year, as voted upon by you the readers (via your page views these past twelve months). This morning we started things off with a wayward post about renaming the ebook. I concluded that I should Continue reading
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Back To School Day 2 – Coaching the Only Girl
To catch you up: Last week we celebrated teachers (music, science, English, literature, and Suzuki parenting) This week we’re taking a look at students. A story per day. Yesterday was the Great HIgh School Schism (set off by a McDonald’s game piece) And today, we feature Object # 17 – The Shirts and Skins. The story is about what Continue reading
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Back to School! Causing a Metaphysical Riot Somewhere Between Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Nirvana’s Nevermind
We start with a quote: I was starting to believe in the power of this thing, not as a talisman but as a phenomenon. It had to mean something that it – and I – had generated so much consternation. I represented something. To some I was a testament to discipline, to conviction, to inner Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #10 – The Spitwad
Here’s something I’ve learned: teachers are human. They’re not superheroes or gods. Not saints or demons. They’re human beings, with flaws and weaknesses like all the rest of us. Don Ward was a fine man who taught high school biology to undeserving students in the same crumbling, run-down building for forty-three years. How bad was Continue reading
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