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1. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I did have at least one student on the spectrum who had a very difficult time grasping the concept of there being more than one correct answer; he would give a very solid and supported analysis, but when another student gave an equally thorough but different answer and I validated it as also correct, he’d hang his head as if he’d given a very wrong interpretation.

   It took the entire semester and a lot of one-on-one conferences with him before he was able to accept that, at least in English lit, there could be multiple correct answers. He finished the semester with an A- grade.

2. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   THANK you! I taught college English lit for years, and at the beginning of each semester, I told my students that in their interpretations of a work of literature, there would most likely be more than one correct answer/analysis. If they could support their analyses with evidence from the text, then their interpretation would be correct.

   More than a few students had the hardest time wrapping their minds around the fact that there could be multiple right answers, after years of being taught the “there’s only one right answer” method of learning. Fortunately, many looked upon the alternative analyses with a greater interest in the lit. :)

3. 13 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Brach’s still makes the Christmas Tree soft peppermints, with the green tree in the center. They’ve added two new flavors to the original peppermint: Wintergreen and Cinnamon.

   The wintergreen is very nice, but I give the cinnamon ones to the kids, who absolutely LOVE them!

4. 13 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   Can’t quite make it out: William Henry or Willicoot Henry?

   And what, exactly, is a Willicoot?!?

5. about 1 month ago on Wallace the Brave

   Exactly. I always enjoy searching the comic to see where & how Will has artfully nestled his signature, and to see if he’s jazzed it up to reflect the day’s topic.Sorta like looking for the “Ninas” in an Al Hirschfeld drawing.

6. about 1 month ago on JumpStart

   Thanks, I was just about to bring up geese, especially Canada geese which really love golf courses and parks. Come springtime, NEVER get anywhere near close to the goslings — the gander will go after you, and he’s out for blood!

7. about 1 month ago on Stone Soup

   No spoilers . . . ;-)

8. about 2 months ago on Non Sequitur

   Not according to Lucy’s Revisionist History! ;)

9. about 2 months ago on Luann

   The old saying “Do what you love, and find someone to pay you to do it!” is only realized by a few lucky souls; be grateful that you’re one of the lucky ones. I DO love Mrs. Horner’s “Passions are seldom paychecks . . . but our paychecks enable our passions.” My paychecks allowed me to indulge my passions on a very part-time basis; now after many years I’m finally finding folks who DO want to pay me for doing what I love!

10. about 2 months ago on B.C.

    And many Hippo returns!