Laura Elliot, author of Under a War Torn Sky, A Troubled Peace, and several other books for children and teens enters the room. As she begins her talk I realize that I am woefully unprepared; notebook-less, bookless, not even a pen on my person. What started as an interesting way to spend an afternoon [...]
By Erin Walk
School days seem long enough and summer seems short enough to us already, right? Those three day weekends go by like blur, soon to be replaced by another busy week.
Well, Obama doesn’t seem to understand. Yes, America is behind on school days compared to the rest of the world. But, do we really [...]
By Erin Walk
Books. A friend, a foe, that REALLY boring one your English teacher made you write an essay on. They are all around us, so why don’t we learn about the process of writing them. If fiction books are so important, why doesn’t MCPS curriculum teach creative writing?
In English class essay writing is pushed [...]
