by Jenae Cohn | Oct 6, 2012 | Pedagogy, Personal
She had the “OK, I get it” gaze. One of my students – I’ll call her “Abby” – sat in the back of the classroom and she just had that look: the set jaw, the arms crossed, the eyes just a little glazed. She got it. She got this...
by Jenae Cohn | Aug 17, 2012 | Personal
Endings discomfit me. The recognition that I will likely never return to a particular place again tends to evoke within me this slight surge of panic, this almost instinctual desire to reclaim my ownership over that place (or at least reclaim my control to be in that...
by Jenae Cohn | Aug 2, 2012 | Personal
I’m growing accustomed to that rhythm of a working day. I can predict almost exactly how long it will take me to become quickly distracted (i.e. after my first couple of hours), the point at which my stomach will rumble in the afternoon for a lunch break (i.e....
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 14, 2012 | Pedagogy, Personal
For the first time in my life, I have a punch card. That’s right: my hours inside an office are tracked. Punch in. Punch out. Present. Absent. Working. Not working. Shifting from a life of complete flexibility and fluidity to one with rules and set hours is...
by Jenae Cohn | Mar 21, 2012 | Literature, Pedagogy, Personal
Greetings! It’s good to see you. Take a seat. Oh, you’re already seated? Well, grab yourself a cup of tea. Make yourself comfortable. Ever since DML, this blog has been sadly neglected. This was not for lack of things to write about. In fact, I have a...
