Most of the women in my family have their noses pierced. My oldest sister, Kathleen, got hers as a "surprise" for her then-fiancee-now-husband, meaning that he had asked her time and again not to get it, but she decided to anyway. My middle sister, Kelly, got hers in one of her multitudinous fits of rebellion that would later result in a small, small career as a tattoo and piercing model for Club Tattoo--a poster of her hung on the wall when I got pierced. My aunt has her nose pierced; my extremely close family friends Keera and Amber have their noses pierced; and the only reason my very, very close friend Karilyn doesn't have one is that her nose is the most adorable cartoon button of a thing, and even putting the smallest jewel on it would wind up looking silly. My mom doesn't have a nose piercing, but she does really, really want a tattoo. Tattoos are never anything I'd be interested in, but like my sisters, I resigned myself to getting pierced in a fit of rebellion, as the only thing I could think of to feel better.
Monday, September 24, 2012
A note on "sans Comic Sans"
I have never been a fan of Comic Sans.
I think Comic Sans is essentially the cheesiest font out there. The worst thing about it is its proliferation; Comic Sans is everywhere, especially in schools. Teachers seem to love Comic Sans. They slap it on everything from syllabuses to homework assignments. Let me just tell you, dear reader, I am not going to teach with Comic Sans.
But the title of this blog isn't just about the font itself. The title also means that when I teach, I would love to teach in a way that is innovative and new in small ways. This isn't a blog about the most groundbreaking debates on how the public schools system is broken/dying/sickly/horrible/etc., but a blog about semi-quirky assignments and lesson plans. I want to teach my students like I wanted to be taught. I don't know if I'll ever be able to use the ideas I post here, and that's fine, but I hope they at least get me thinking more creatively about my future classrooms--and maybe they'll do the same for you, too, dear reader.
I think Comic Sans is essentially the cheesiest font out there. The worst thing about it is its proliferation; Comic Sans is everywhere, especially in schools. Teachers seem to love Comic Sans. They slap it on everything from syllabuses to homework assignments. Let me just tell you, dear reader, I am not going to teach with Comic Sans.
But the title of this blog isn't just about the font itself. The title also means that when I teach, I would love to teach in a way that is innovative and new in small ways. This isn't a blog about the most groundbreaking debates on how the public schools system is broken/dying/sickly/horrible/etc., but a blog about semi-quirky assignments and lesson plans. I want to teach my students like I wanted to be taught. I don't know if I'll ever be able to use the ideas I post here, and that's fine, but I hope they at least get me thinking more creatively about my future classrooms--and maybe they'll do the same for you, too, dear reader.
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