The best of the best: 30 breathtaking books to read in 2013
“Trying to rate books out of 5 is like trying to carve a statue with a sledgehammer. I am cavalier with my ratings and they should probably not be trusted.” All too true words from Simon Fairbairn from Neverending Voyage. I wish I could say my ratings are...
Tread Softly On My Dreams: The Education Crisis Revolution
Have you read The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition and Get a Truly International Education by Maya Frost. In it, she describes the nature of the adolescent mind, how in our teen years our brains open to growth potential that is left largely...
Mr. Mackie’s Classroom: Why South Park Characters Shouldn’t Teach In NYC
In 2010, a school in California banned the dictionary after a student looked up the term oral sex. Funny, right? It would be if this was The Onion, but it’s an all too enlightening example of exactly why I found teaching so frustrating. I was running poetry...
A Portrait of Lila On the Eve Of Her Fifth Birthday
She’s so peaceful here. Come morning, though, Lila pops out of bed, feet and mouth moving before she even knows where she wants to go or what she wants to say. Lila takes photographs and videos. She will always stop to listen to live music and has no...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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