When I was in my twenties, I worked as a freelance editor and adjunct instructor in the Boston area, piecing together paychecks from one job to the next. As any freelancer knows, there’s always a point in the late afternoon when you lose your steam and wonder what to do with yourself in the hours before everyone else gets home from their office jobs. Continue reading “Teaching Active Listening with the Woodberry Poetry Room”
Month: April 2014
The Value of Silence
Lately, I’ve noticed that my tolerance for wait time—those moments of silence during a classroom discussion– is getting bad. Really bad. And perhaps, more importantly, my conviction that class is going horribly if my students aren’t talking nonstop has gotten stronger. I want my students to be talking, and I want them talking now. Continue reading “The Value of Silence”