Morocco is in the northwest corner of Africa, so it gets to kick off my African education project. Morocco is an constitutional monarchy, and King Mohammed VI has been fairly accommodating of democratic reforms in the wake of the Arab Spring. The economy is closely tied to Europe, though, so the problems in Europe are… [Read More]
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A post-blogathon project – learning about Africa
So the other day I was talking to my class about the economic state of the world, and said something about Africa being a huge range of countries in different states of stability and development, and I realized that I was spouting platitudes. I really don’t know enough about enough of the countries to discuss… [Read More]
The Blogathon is over! Whew!
I did it. What else is there to say?
Advice on Blogging
Given that this month is the WordCount Blogathon, it was appropriate that a friend asked me to talk to her high-school class about writing non-fiction and blogging. She teaches at Lake View High School, which is where the movie My Bodyguard was set. The students were great. They had a lot of questions and ideas,… [Read More]
