September 9, 2009
Today we hear from Thomas, who finds strength in music; from Sabrina, whose perspective on life was altered by her grandmother and her friend, Ralf; and Lisa, who went to Ireland for an adventure but came home with aspirations.
September 6, 2009
Today’s posts brings you three statements that show the positive impact those closest to us can have on our lives, whether related by blood or not, and even if the circumstances at first drive us through difficult lessons.
September 4, 2009
Three months ago, I had the best intentions of publishing a few posts on the NPR This I Believe series, but life just gets in the way sometimes, so here it is September already and I’m just now getting to it. No matter–what is to come in the next few weeks is more than worth the wait. Click to listen to the first three This I Believe student podcasts.
May 25, 2009
I asked my Writing 2 students to respond to the following prompt (which was related to a reading we did from Models for Writers), and I thought it would be fun to do the same.
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Question: If you had to give up one of your five senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch), which would you choose and why?
May 22, 2009
I will be playing Family Feud in some of my classes in a couple weeks, and I needs some answers to make the game authentic. Please take a couple minutes to fill out the following form and help me out. If you have trouble with the form, try this link or email me [ lam(at)lindenamueller(dot)com ] and I can email the form to you.
November 13, 2008
Ever since I started teaching, I have taught writing every semester. It was an interesting and scary thing: I had always earned good grades in writing, but never really understood why I was so good at it. On August 22, 2005, I stood in front of 22 freshman who were probably as scared of and anxious about college as I was about teaching (I hadn’t had a single “how to teach” class!). But the really cool thing that I learned that late summer day was that I am a born teacher. Thanks to the mentoring of the Composition Director and the leadership of the “second years,” my latent writing skills bubbled to the surface during that semester through activities and lessons. I realized that somewhere deep down, I did know what I was doing right in my writing, and I was able to convey it to my students.
April 16, 2007
I am finally starting to feel like I can come up for a breath of air every now and then. You know, I feel like I say this every semester, but this is the busiest semester I’ve had yet. I have had the most important, longest assignments. And I’m teaching Writing II, which means my [...]
April 11, 2007
I normally like grading (weird, I know), but right now, I just want to use the 3-inch high stack of essays, quizzes, and grammar mid-terms to start a nice cozy fire that I can curl up in front of. I have graded the last big essay and almost all the rough drafts from this essay [...]
February 12, 2007
While I was running inside today (it’s rainy and cold out!), I overheard several students talking about how they were walking for a Phys Ed class. I wonder… is exercising for class like reading for class? It’s enjoyable if you choose to on your own, but as soon as someone makes you do it, it [...]
January 30, 2007
So yesterday I was proud that I had finally found a way to deal with my sleeping students (I have two now! It surprised me so much that I didn’t do the silent point. I think I’m going to make an announcement at the beginning of class warning them that they will be asked to [...]
