Category Archives: Teaching

What exactly do you do?

Other than questions about how old my baby is, the most frequent thing I get asked is, “What do you do?” I generally assume that people mean “what do you do to make money” so I generally leave out the part about being a mom and cooking and raking leaves and reading books and playing peekaboo. IContinue reading “What exactly do you do?”

Prepping

I’m teaching the first half of US history at Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, AR this fall. Here’s my game plan: Step one, read book. (I’m one chapter into Eric Foner’s Give Me Liberty textbook. ) Step two, shamelessly borrow from the syllabi of those who have gone before me. Step three, reread bookContinue reading “Prepping”