The Book vs. the Movie: More Than Meets the Eye
Which is better: Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling or Haydn’s oratorio The Creation? While you might prefer one over the other, it’s unfair to declare one as “better” because they are completely different art forms. How many times have...
Does This Sentence Even Go Here? A Language Teacher’s Guide to Polishing Paragraphs and Essays
Essential Steps for Polishing Paragraphs and Essays As a teacher of both English and French over the years, I have often been reading a student’s writing and suddenly asked myself, “Does this sentence even go here?” And quite often, upon further inspection, the answer...
Anti-Climactic Abeka: Why Reading Acclaimed Literature is Superior to Curriculum-Based Readers
The Superiority of Acclaimed Literature over Curriculum-Based Readers It was my first year teaching at a private Christian school in the DC suburbs. I was excited, optimistic, naïve, and had no idea what I was doing. Like many teachers, I had no choice in the...