A conversation with Seattle
Here’s my advice: Put your students first; communicate with everyone involved in their success; ask for help when you need it; assume that everyone has the best intentions; and trust that wine and your favorite colleagues will get you through grading periods and rough days. Continue reading Real Talk About Rafe Esquith’s “Real Talk for Real Teachers”
“To be honest, though, only one phrase in his juvenile tirade unsettled me: when he called me a black bastard,” says Samuelsson. Having sacrificed so much to overcome a ubiquitous, grudging reluctance to hire black management, once he’s made it, Samuelsson isn’t about to say “Yes, chef,” to Ramsey’s matey racism. Continue reading Samuelsson’s Yes, Chef Makes Memoir a Must-Read
When Killinger took over from Pepper, he adopted a strategy of acquisitions that may, depending on your age, bring to mind the strategy behind First Citiwide Change Bank: “All the time, our customers ask us, ‘How do you make money doing this?’ The answer is simple: Volume. That’s what we do.” Continue reading The True Story of Washington Mutual’s Implosion, from Ground Zero
John Hodgman is very fond of theatrics. (I know, I know, that’s like saying the sun is fond of Denver.) His opening gambit had Sean Nelson (formerly of Harvey Danger) playing the part of John Hodgman, with John Roderick (The Long Winters) on stage as well, guitar at the ready. Suddenly, from the audience: a ruckus! Some random audience member was hollering for Hodgman, the real Hodgman, to get out on stage, already. Continue reading For That Night, Town Hall Belonged To John Hodgman & Friends