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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

April is National Poetry Month, and here’s why I bother

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Nathan Graziano 0

Many of the masses raised in American schools developed an aversion to poetry long ago, largely due to the way it was taught. For decades, students in middle and high schools would choose a root canal before being subjected to the poetry unit. READ MORE

Just one prick

Thursday, March 25, 2021 Nathan Graziano 2

When the email from our headmaster went out that the school district had procured COVID-19 vaccinations for faculty and staff, I was initially ambivalent. READ MORE

My students weigh in on Cancel Culture

Saturday, March 13, 2021 Nathan Graziano 1

Last week, I taught David Foster Wallace’s essay “Consider the Lobster” to my College Composition classes, which are dual enrollment courses that offer college credits through Southern New Hampshire University. But I wrestled with this decision before ultimately concluding it could be one of those much-ballyhooed “teachable moments.” READ MORE

The Bizarro Bob Vila

Thursday, March 4, 2021 Nathan Graziano 3

Before resigning myself to this truth and accepting the fact that I’m useless as a handyman, I endured many uncomfortable conversations in a variety of backyards and bars, drinking beers with the guys, and praying no one would ask me for an opinion about a shed that was being built, or an engine in a car or a lawnmower. READ MORE

The Best Baseball Films of All-Time

Monday, February 15, 2021 Nathan Graziano 5

On Thursday, for the four of us who are still paying attention, the Red Sox’s pitchers and catchers will report to spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., for the official beginning of Boston’s 2021 baseball campaign. READ MORE

A Tale of 43 Cowards

Saturday, February 13, 2021 Nathan Graziano 1

After watching the sad and utterly predictable acquittal of former-President Donald J. Trump by the 43 GOP sycophants in the Senate, I needed to step back from the television and take a breath. I sensed John McCain rolling in his grave… READ MORE

What happened in Vegas, I’ll tell you everything

Friday, February 5, 2021 Nathan Graziano 0

When I arrived in Sin City—I can still remember the illumination on the desert horizon, like a synthetic sunrise, while driving into the Vegas lights from I-15 at night—I discovered that the high school where I would be teaching English had roughly the same number of students as Plymouth State, where I had completed my undergraduate degree six months earlier. READ MORE

Vaccinating teachers, very ‘necessary’

Saturday, January 23, 2021 Nathan Graziano 1

The real problem with Gov. Sununu’s remarks cut much deeper for those of us in public education. The real problem is something both old and new. READ MORE

Opinion: The terrible toll of the Trump-era

Saturday, January 16, 2021 Nathan Graziano 0

We’ve always half-heartedly demonized our political opponents to some extent. Liberals were none-too-pleased with the Bush/Cheney administration after the 2000 Election, and to say that conservatives didn’t like President Obama is an understatement akin to saying that Red Sox are “mildly irritated” by the Yankees. READ MORE

Making room for an unwelcomed guest

Monday, January 11, 2021 Nathan Graziano 0

I dragged the dead Christmas tree from our living room into the backyard. Hands sticky with sap, I knew what was on its way. It’s cellular in some senses. My physical body knows—days of a lack of appetite, an incessant need to sleep. READ MORE