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I’m An Idiom, Are You?

By Kat Kiefer-Newman We love our mothers. And because we love our mothers we've dedicated a day every year to saying so. By we I don't just mean here in the US: in Bangladesh, Slovakia, Curaçao, New Zealand, Belize, Iceland, Peru, Chile, Greece, Bonaire, China,...

Student Writing: Old Habits Die Hard, and Other Clichés

As I've said before, critical thinking is important, but if the students can't figure out how to put their ideas down on the page in a readable way, then no.