tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773277791729851055.post1993477448511225191..comments2010-08-04T21:37:43.851-05:00Comments on Meanwhile, I keep dancing.: ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!? or, MIKD and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayMeanwhile, I keep dancinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411288540212691739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773277791729851055.post-50261969466332004272010-01-14T19:16:08.369-06:002010-01-14T19:16:08.369-06:00Yoiks! Peek, I meant. If anyone finds my brains ...Yoiks! Peek, I meant. If anyone finds my brains rolling around on the floor like a marble, please return it to me and maybe I will be able to spell properly again.Meanwhile, I keep dancinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411288540212691739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773277791729851055.post-14232770053525026742010-01-13T18:26:48.811-06:002010-01-13T18:26:48.811-06:00Hm. I'll have to take a peak at that...what a...Hm. I'll have to take a peak at that...what are the conversations like with the kids? Have you ever read it with a non-AP class?Meanwhile, I keep dancinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411288540212691739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773277791729851055.post-87243134257226238802010-01-13T15:05:38.676-06:002010-01-13T15:05:38.676-06:00We've all experienced these days. Today, in my...We've all experienced these days. Today, in my AP English class, we read David Denby's "Notes on High School Confidential." We had an intriguing discussion about the state of the American teen. Denby asserts teens no longer fear teachers, who "are rarely more than a minimal, exasperated presence" nor administrators, who "get turned into a joke." Instead, teens--Denby says--fear only other teens and the "social system that they impose on one another." <br /><br />The scenario you describe seems to legitimize Denby's argument.sheflairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540572749308243015noreply@blogger.com