tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post7123913867423541259..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Teachers shouldn't bury their studentsFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-33267319917787603432017-01-14T13:08:31.889-05:002017-01-14T13:08:31.889-05:00Thank you for this lovely account of how we are so...Thank you for this lovely account of how we are so deeply entwined with our students. Sometimes one can feel isolated in this work, but your post helps to remind why teaching, and especially teaching literature and writing, is finally about human connection.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-23177381507909074372017-01-05T22:09:38.788-05:002017-01-05T22:09:38.788-05:00I'm so sorry, Flavia. I remember each of the ...I'm so sorry, Flavia. I remember each of the students I've lost. My thoughts are with you. Name Under Developmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986815041014135281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-12959913362110315142017-01-04T09:25:10.708-05:002017-01-04T09:25:10.708-05:00Oh, Flavia--I'm so, so sorry. What a tragic w...Oh, Flavia--I'm so, so sorry. What a tragic waste.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-50947502022166590672017-01-03T22:54:30.866-05:002017-01-03T22:54:30.866-05:00Thanks, all. It does help.
Jaime:
Writing is so ...Thanks, all. It does help.<br /><br />Jaime:<br /><br />Writing is so intimate, whether it's a student trying to think her way through a difficult topic for the first time or the work of a professional with a strong, well-crafted voice. (The intimacy is different--some vulnerabilities are raw and exposed and others are carefully controlled--but it's there all the same.) Which is why I miss so many bloggers of yore, yourself high on the list: being connected on Facebook, and "knowing" what people are up to, just isn't the same as hearing those voices that used to speak so personally.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-12326245302783441702017-01-03T22:28:02.521-05:002017-01-03T22:28:02.521-05:00Thinking of you, and of his family.Thinking of you, and of his family.Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-29356359005897952312017-01-03T22:17:50.227-05:002017-01-03T22:17:50.227-05:00Such a sad story. I'm very sorry.
I had a st...Such a sad story. I'm very sorry. <br /><br />I had a student die of cancer when I was in the bay area. It really is just awful. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-8429746030562589202017-01-03T21:46:27.520-05:002017-01-03T21:46:27.520-05:00It was when one of my students was killed that I r...It was when one of my students was killed that I realized how the ways teachers think about students parallels the ways parents think about children: we're both preparing them for a future without us. And their death is thus particularly heartbreaking. <br /><br />I'm so sorry for what has been lost...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-7206793848572492342017-01-03T21:11:06.738-05:002017-01-03T21:11:06.738-05:00This is a beautiful post. You honor him--and all y...This is a beautiful post. You honor him--and all your students--with such a thoughtful tribute. I always marvel at the intimacy of student papers, and how sad it is when they don't realize how much we are often on their side. You capture perfectly the many ways we know them, and you make it clear that teaching--more than many things these days--is still all about real human connection. <br />Sfrajetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028612571210445296noreply@blogger.com