While my job entails teaching students to use proper grammar and elevated diction for the academic setting, I understand that we may speak and write differently depending on our audience. What is considering unacceptable in the classroom may be appropriate and expected in other settings. For example, individuals living in Appalachia speak a distinct dialect of English that can be…
#MondayMemories COVID Testing
Feeling wheezy and coughing is one thing. Running a low grade fever is a completely different issue altogether. My body regularly hovers around a solid 97.5 degrees thanks to a sluggish thyroid, so seeing my temperature in the 99-100 range sounded alarm bells. I called my doctor’s office to make an appointment to be tested. I sat in the car…
#SundaySnapshot Summer Slowdown
#Caturday Mistress of the Darkness
#FoodieFriday Nutella Pie
After seeing a recipe for a peanut butter cream pie hit my inbox a few weeks back, I remembered I wanted to make a nutella pie based off the peanut butter pies I’ve seen. I also decided since this is an “icebox” dessert that using the cookie crumb layer from an ice cream cake would be an excellent pie crust…
#ThankfulThursday Another Growing Season
We live in zone 7b, so I am afforded another growing season for cold weather vegetables. I am excited to try my hand at lettuce, spinach, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage. My summer garden produced a reasonable amount of cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, and tomatoes, and my Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin vine gave us 6 lovely pumpkins. I believe I conquered the…
#WordlessWednesday Stick Around
#TutoringTuesday Peer Reviews
Want to know a good way to improve your writing skills? Start by reviewing your peers’ papers! Believe it or not, finding errors in someone else’s work teaches your mind to catch those errors in your own writing. I recommend consulting with other students in class when working on papers if your professor does not already incorporate peer revision in…
#MondayMemories First Day Teaching
My nerves kept me on edge the entire drive to campus. I had left with plenty of time to find a parking space and thought I knew where my first class was. I arrived on campus with half an hour to park, walk to the classroom, and settle into the room before beginning my introductory lecture. How wrong I was!…