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Daily Archives: August 7th, 2002

Writing for Catharsis

07-Aug-02

This is a writing exercise I had my students do on Sept. 12 of last year. We held classes that day, and even though I probably could have been at work on Tuesday (the 11th), by Wednesday the shock had worn off and I was deciding that shock felt better.
Sometimes, it’s hard, after something traumatic, [...]

Journal-happy

07-Aug-02

OK, I have to make a confession: I am not a journaller.
I don’t journal. I’ve never been able to keep one consistently. And usually, my journal entries sound like 5th-grade fluff.
Actually, I still remember one of my journal entries from 5th grade. It basically went something like: “This year is going to be sooo coool! [...]