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Practice vs. PerformanceThe International Baccalaureate labels homework assignments and assessments as either “formative” or “summative.” Students quickly figure out that “formative” means ungraded, and conclude that ungraded means unimportant, and therefore optional. This is a grave error. […]
    Reluctant readers: how to help a child who does not enjoy readingIf your child is a reluctant reader, here are some suggestions: Read together. Inexperienced readers have trouble translating written words into sounds. Take turns reading, one sentence read by you, the next by your child […]
Write what you know?If you are a writer who has lived in just one place, has never traveled, speaks just one language, and has a limited education, you should write about your home town. Or, if like James […]
James Joyce, husband and fatherFrom the “Good Artist ≠ Good Person” Department: 1907: Joyce, living on a negligible salary as a bank clerk and funds borrowed from his brother, with a young son and a pregnant wife, eluding creditors […]
James Joyce, “A Painful Case”She asked him why he did not write out his thoughts. For what? he asked her with careful scorn. . . . To submit himself to the criticisms of an obtuse middle class which entrusted […]
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