mackglish

20-something
English teacher, 5-12
student
word enthusiast
tech geek
doubledaybooks:

“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.” - John Updike.  Updike died three years ago today.

doubledaybooks:

“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.” - John Updike.  Updike died three years ago today.

(via wordpainting)

Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn.

—Obama (via kateoplis)

(via markct)

I think Freud is a nymphomaniacal asshole and I hate him.

—10th grade girl, just chatting in Latin class.

Why did you Google ‘how much is cocaine’?

—One 10th grade girl to another, while looking at her phone.