30 in 30: Day 29 -- The Next 365

Creek
January 2010 Raleighwood, NC
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Day 29 → hopes and dreams for the next 365 days.

I suppose much of the next 365 has to do with the events of yesterday.

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30 in 30: Day 30 -- Another Fancy Tickler

Our Demure Canadian Guest
January 2010 Raleighwood, NC
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I recently read Frank McCourt's Teacher Man. In it, the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Angela's Ashes recounts his years as a teacher in a vocational school, in night school and, finally, in Stuyvesant High School in New York City.

In an Amazon.com review, Shawn Carkonen summarized part of the book thusly:

"...for much of that time he considered himself a fraud. During these years he danced a delicate jig between engaging the students, satisfying often bewildered administrators and parents, and actually enjoying his job. He tried to present a consistent image of composure and self-confidence, yet he regularly felt insecure, inadequate, and unfocused."

When I read those sections I felt a type of kinship with an author that I don't remember ever experiencing before. McCourt was describing my fears of being found out to be a complete fraud by teachers/administrators/parents/students through his writing.

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