http://amymc.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ ...of a really fun life en Vox Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:45:16 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/somehow-we-got-some-bad-karma.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/somehow-we-got-some-bad-karma.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/somehow-we-got-some-bad-karma.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:45:16 -0800 My husband and I just can't seem to catch a break. I'm sure this is everyone's story and that right now I'm just hung up on feeling sorry for myself, but honestly, it seems as though it is always something. Back in November, he and I attended a w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/somehow-we-got-some-bad-karma.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d0109815d7964000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/summing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/summing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/summing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:58:35 -0800 "Students cannot become facile at writing in general and using conventions in particular if they do them only now and then--no more than I can get thin by dieting on Fridays." -Janet Angelillo, A Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/summing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d010980c5e4d4000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/good-grammar-goes-a-long-way.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/good-grammar-goes-a-long-way.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/good-grammar-goes-a-long-way.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:50:01 -0800 The other day I was lucky enough to have lunch with my friend Rachel who also teaches high school English. We got on the subject of grammar, or at least the overwhelming lack of grammar our students seem to understand, know, and apply. Rachel tea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/good-grammar-goes-a-long-way.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d010980c5e139000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> teaching english grammar education http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/bring-it-on-2009.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/bring-it-on-2009.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/bring-it-on-2009.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:41:04 -0800 I didn't VOX much in 2008. For me, it was a year of adjustment and change, turmoil and stress, and while I really enjoyed parts of it, I'm wasn't sorry to bid it farewell last night and begin a new year. As a lot of you know, I got married at the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/bring-it-on-2009.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d010980c593b8000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> resolution new year http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/christmas-love.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/christmas-love.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/christmas-love.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:02:15 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22529026c549d00e398c136c20004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22529026c549d00e398c136c20004-50si" alt="Christmas Ornament.1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We've now celebrated our first Christmas as a married couple, and boy, was it fun! In four days, we will have been married for an entire year. It has been hard, some parts of this year have really sucked, there have been moments I've been angry, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/christmas-love.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d010980c3ba26000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas marriage anniversary http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/i-want-to-be-a-vampire.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/i-want-to-be-a-vampire.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/i-want-to-be-a-vampire.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:18:35 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22529026c549d00fad6b019020005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22529026c549d00fad6b019020005-50si" alt="New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've put off reading Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga for a while now. I hear "it's about vampires," and more or less just kind of give it the brush off. However, the 11th graders I teach have become comletely captivated by these books, and at the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/i-want-to-be-a-vampire.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d0100a7fee35f000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book read twilight stephenie meyer http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/but-theyre-supposed-to-live-forever.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/but-theyre-supposed-to-live-forever.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/but-theyre-supposed-to-live-forever.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:32:48 -0700 A student I taught during student-teaching was killed Friday in a car accident. This is the third time since I started teaching last year that I've experienced the death of students at our school, but this one was different. I had really gotten to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/but-theyre-supposed-to-live-forever.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d00fa9694a79c0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/sick.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/sick.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/sick.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:02:53 -0700 I am absolutely, positively sick of being sick. I have had a sinus infection since March, and regardless of the various medications my doctor has put me on, the insane amount of rest I'm getting, and all the tons of fluids I've hydrated myself wi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/sick.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d00fa968906f50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/things-on-tuesday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/things-on-tuesday.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/things-on-tuesday.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:05:43 -0700 I shamelessly stole this from Natalie. Things I Loathe: 1. Having colds in the summertime. 2. Dirty dishes sitting in the sink. 3. Low-fat ranch dressing that tastes nothing like the real thing. 4. Spending money to see movies that I don't like... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/things-on-tuesday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d00fad6948b330004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/long-time-no-vox.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(NotAWannaBe) http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/long-time-no-vox.html?_c=feed-rss http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/long-time-no-vox.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:45:15 -0700 I enjoy verbing the word vox. I just looked at my husband and said, "I need to vox. I bet it feels neglected." He nodded like he had a clue as to what I was talking about. I assure you he didn't. I've been a little out of the loop with school and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amymc.vox.com/library/post/long-time-no-vox.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529026c549d00e398efa3b90004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>