I have posted the slides from my linguistics talk, but I’m not sure how useful they are without audio. The talk, after all, was an oral presentation accompanied by slides, not a visual presentation accompanied by audio. So I’m going… Read More ›
Month: March 2011
Freedom
Last year I listened to the audiobook version of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections and reviewed it in this blog, so I figured that I would follow it up with Franzen’s fourth and latest novel, Freedom. While Freedom held my interest all… Read More ›
The Lie that Binds, Life Sentences, and The Wild Duck
Last night I saw the Weston High School Theater Company’s excellent performance of The Lie That Binds. What? You’ve never heard of this play? That’s because it was written collaboratively by the cast and crew — namely, the students in… Read More ›
Invisible children
At school yesterday we had a special assembly sponsored by our local Amnesty International chapter. Here is the official description we were given ahead of time: At the assembly on March 3, Thursday, the non-profit organization Invisible Children will be… Read More ›
Math Team to State Meet
Congratulations to the Weston High School Math Team for moving on to post-season! We will be competing in the State Meet on April 1 because of our current standing, which is #3 in the state among medium-sized high schools: at… Read More ›
Making order out of chaos
Yesterday evening I delivered the first lecture in our new Beyond the Classroom series, described as follows: Weston High School is pleased to announce a new series of talks for the whole community led by our esteemed faculty members on a broad… Read More ›
Learning Strategies 