The Wormlips Scrapbook

This isn’t good, this state of mind. Thoughtful classmates are suggesting I take a break. Like, leave town. I had volunteered to be part of a committee that plans fun surprises for the other MATs, but at today’s meeting I kept saying, —”I want to do something that involves kicking. That, or hitting.” Here’s a [...]

Something bad is happening to my skin. It’s getting thinner. Things that didn’t used to bother me have started to bring me down. A couple weeks ago things were rolling off me. Now it’s part of my daily rhythm to feel picked on or ignored or misunderstood. Like what happened yesterday. I’d spent a week [...]

The MAT (master of arts in teaching) workload is intense and without respite. So for levity if not education, two professors planned a surprise activity. They had us reenact a pedagogical version of the Dead Poet’s Society. Get the Flash Player to see this content. By the way, see the little garage thing in the [...]