U & D

When I was in 11th grade, my Humanities teacher instilled in me an interest in ideas through the simple tactic of hanging the walls of the room with flags. Each flag contained a powerful, interesting quotation. We discussed these as the ideas connected to what else we were doing, reading, viewing. Throughout the entire [...]

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We will be looking at this road sign after our week at Camp Kieve. It is a powerful reminder that bias and stereotyping are alive and well in Maine. It’s not funny.
But there are puns and irony in the sign as well – it is a Literacy lesson. Tradin’ is one. Trade was the [...]

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It’s a long drive from Stowe, VT, to Georgetown, ME. We break it up by taking the scenic route, across VT and NH on Rt. 2, then down 26 to Poland Springs. This time we wandered down to Montpelier and took in lower Rt. 2. The sky was grey, a mist obscured the scenery, [...]

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