education in reverse

September 2023

September 26, 2023
I mean... of course I do. Of course I loved it! I'm going to tell...

October 2021

October 25, 2021
I review Mariam Petrosyan's The Gray House: "… The House demands a reverent attitude. A...

July 2021

July 01, 2021
Or, Homo Hominid Lupus. Croupier: Not a great movie but it's rare to see a...

March 2021

March 22, 2021
You guys, sometimes I get tired of being a self-parody. But then I watch something...

July 2020

July 19, 2020
So last night I had my first experience of coronatheater: a reading, performed in five...
July 14, 2020
I'm at We Are the Mutants, bowing and curtsying: Assign teenagers to different socioeconomic classes...

May 2019

May 12, 2019
at the University Bookman: "We work to-day to turn out, not accomplished young women, nor...

April 2019

April 02, 2019
I love "institutional novels": novels whose characters whose lives are shaped, often against their will,...

March 2017

March 31, 2017
Four films linked by a really depressing theme! Scum: Our institution: a 1970s Borstal (juvenile...

April 2016

April 29, 2016
review at AmCon: Behavior, the 2014 movie from Cuban writer and director Ernesto Daranas that...
April 05, 2016
you know this part stood out to me: ...The other secret to their success is...
April 01, 2016
I'm esp struck by the role of Christian faith in both of these pieces. Nancy...

November 2015

November 12, 2015
"Photos of 1960s US Prison System Attempt to Show that Inmates Are Us": Lyon's images...
November 02, 2015
Most of these links have a theme of "aftermath," I guess. "What Happened After My...

October 2015

October 10, 2015
writes: ...Some kids are indeed prone to hurt others. “If you’ve ever watched a group...

June 2015

June 14, 2015
"When Bail Is Out of Defendant's Reach, Other Costs Mount": By the time Mr. Torrence...

April 2015

April 08, 2015
Let's start with this. "Bringing Mothers in Prison Closer to Their Children, Through Music": Mothers...

February 2015

February 04, 2015
at Studio Theater: “Choir Boy” is about the struggles of a gay teen coming of...

January 2015

January 16, 2015
asking why progressives keep greasing the camel: I just finished Andrew Cherlin’s new book, Labor’s...
January 16, 2015
I have no actual opinion on the community-college plan but there are some good points...
January 06, 2015
See if you can guess the sci-fi twist. Sometimes, real life can be stranger than...

December 2014

December 19, 2014
and related issues. They're not all completely depressing! "Fallout Grows Over Calif. Chief's Participation in...
December 13, 2014
A round-up of stuff I've been reading. "The Protester": Raven Rakia writes a powerful piece...

August 2014

August 20, 2014
from Jeff Deeney. First, in July 2013: Last year when American Paradigm Schools took over...

June 2014

June 11, 2014
Expanding pilot programs is often dicey, for reasons which go beyond funding concerns; but this...
June 10, 2014
Middle school edition! After Michael and Melinda May's daughter was drug-tested five times in three...

May 2014

May 14, 2014
It's only May and I've already watched three very different vampire movies. 2008 Swedish chiller...
May 06, 2014
This excellent post from A Queer Calling has been getting a lot of attention: ...First,...

February 2014

February 20, 2014
at AmCon: A student is raped by a classmate, goes to the campus center for...
February 14, 2014
I just re-read The Liar, Stephen Fry's 1991 debut novel, and it's still the funniest...
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