A Day in My Shoes Blog

My Educational Autobiography

My mother and father’s families each possess a strong commitment to…

We are the weaver, we are the web

Fiber, clay, metal, wood, glass. These are the “materials of craft,”…

A Summary of Teaching to Transgress, Chapter 11 ~ Language

By Cham Holland 9/8/2020

Mother Music & Death Silence

There was once a great mother, who lived in a house.

Her children were small, ‘round the size of a mouse.

She wore a small necklace, all round little pearls.
And her sleeves were done up, in cream colored curls.

Into the Dark

“Yet fear the dark, do you not?” Twas asked of her.

“Fear the dark?” Replied she. “Why is it that I should fear the dark, when tis the dark that ought fear me?”

woman

woman, womyn, womxn

woman

womyn

womxn

a man who says

he doesn’t mansplain

but walks ahead

Teacher, teacher!

A self performed interview

Who and what has influenced your thinking about teaching…

Nature; Naturally for All

It is portrayed in advertisements, the news, and in movies; white people hiking, backpacking, paddling, and climbing. People of color apparently just “don’t do” the outdoors. Or at the very least they aren’t “supposed to.” Finney (2014) gives an example of this in the very beginning…

“I shouldn’t have to be perfect to live”

Wandering officers, wandering, wandering.

I shouldn’t have to be perfect to live.

We want to catch the bad guy.