As the school year comes to a close many of us are faced with sending high school graduates off into the wide world. The young people in whom we have invested so much time and energy will soon be on their own, more or less. Most of these young people will head off to college. […]
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So chances are good that sometime during this Holiday season you will be watching a Christmas movie. Or ten. You’ll be snuggled up around the fire with one of those giant popcorn tins at your feet, egg nog in hand, and you’ll watch the likes of It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, and Miracle
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There are some obvious choices, of course: The Hamlets and Beatrices and Falstaffs and Prosperos. And you wouldn’t be wrong to choose any of these. But there are also many wonderful characters who are lesser known or are secondary characters. What about you, who is your favorite Shakespeare character?
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Teaching is hard, in and of itself, but teaching a truly Great Book is another beast altogether. Issues of translation and interpretation; dis-interested students; and, of course, the various complexities of great literature can join forces to make for quite the classroom challenge (regardless of your teaching setting). Here at CiRCE HQ the consensus is
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Here in CiRCE HQ some of our favorite female literary characters include Elizabeth Bennett, Anne of Green Gables, Miss Marple, Penelope, and Hannah Coulter. What about you? For this week’s question of week, we want to know who your favorite literary heroines are. Let us know in the comment belows or over on our Facebook
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Some of our questions of the week are specifically related to education, to the practice of teaching or the various things that teachers might experience. Others are more general. This week’s falls into the latter category. This week’s question of the week is the following: What historical figure most inspires you, and why? Here in
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Teaching isn’t easy. It’s physically taxing and emotionally draining and the long hours and longer years mean that we can’t do it alone. We need people help us: to push and inspire and motivate us. To help us continue our own education. To appropriate the popular colloqualism, behind every great teacher is a wise mentor.
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