Tasha GraffKeep Your Heart Growing FonderAs public schools across the country begin to close for short or indefinite amounts of time, as communal events are canceled, and as we…Mar 13, 20201Mar 13, 20201
Tasha GraffOf Bullies and GunsI started going to school in 1988 and didn’t stop. I have, since age three, been a student or a teacher, sometimes both. As such, I’ve…Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
Tasha GraffAre we going to die nowIt’s Teacher Appreciation Week and I would like to say something that I would never utter in my classroom. A disclaimer: as an English…May 8, 20191May 8, 20191
Tasha GraffFrom Preschool to the Senate: Why I Believe in Trish ZornioIn fourth grade, Trish dressed up as the State of New Hampshire for Halloween, which she fashioned out of a piece of cardboard she…Apr 2, 2019Apr 2, 2019
Tasha GraffWhat is twenty percent?“One in five women will be raped at some point in their lives.”Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
Tasha GraffYou want to arm teachers.You don’t want to pay for books or pencils or tissues, but you want to pay for an arsenal and gun cabinets for every classroom (or maybe…Feb 23, 20181Feb 23, 20181
Tasha GraffSchool Shootings and SilenceOn Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018, three notable events took place. First, a 15-year-old boy walked into his high school with a handgun, shot…Jan 25, 2018Jan 25, 2018
Tasha GraffEnemies Domestic“A ‘domestic situation’” read the banner headline in the New York Times, among other news outlets, attempting to explain the latest mass…Nov 7, 20171Nov 7, 20171
Tasha GraffWhat is our One?The summer before my sophomore year of college, I took a few days off from waiting tables to spend time with Numiny, my fairy godmother…Jun 24, 2017Jun 24, 2017
Tasha GraffThe Terror of ICE“Immigration agents swoop into Portland courthouse, arrest Somali man,” read the headline in the Bangor Daily News yesterday afternoon. My…Apr 7, 2017Apr 7, 2017