ladymabelgrex
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teacher of Children with Modrate to Severe disabilities. |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Introduction | I am the atheist result of 12 years of Catholic education. We were taught to "duck and cover" against the bomb in first grade, and I teach my kids to "duck and cover" against earthquakes here in Los Angeles. In first grade, I wondered how much that dest would protect me from the bomb, and now I wonder how to get my kids with autism and mental retardation to "duck and cover with me." I find that, although I hate flying and fear novelty, I jump in to defend the perceived helpless without thinking about it. People think I'm nuts. I think sometimes my "helpless" defendees resent my intrusion. I can hardly save myself, but I seem to trip over my own good sense and lack of paranoia at almost every turn. The people I know who live paranoid constructs are almost always right. I seem to be responsible to an extent that is almost suicidal. I passionately love teaching. My educational idol is Paulo Freire, I firmly believe that learning is something teacher and students do together. I would genuinely appreciate any comments on this blog or any lessons. Teachers who have comments are invited to respond as is the general public. MJ |
| Interests | Books, geology, ancient history, poetry, ending the war and protecting the civil rights of Americans, especially The Bill of Rights |
| Favorite Movies | On the Waterfront, The Pawnbroker, Yankee Doodle Dandy, I'm Not There, Brokeback Mountain, Urban Cowboy |
| Favorite Music | Sloppy pop music-The Beach Boys' "Wendy" and "When I Grow Up to Be a Man." I love the innocent belief in Dads and true love, and I am very old. I always liked that they sound like teen agers. When I am depressed, I love anything by Haydn. He is so reasonable and Stravinksy's "Oedipus Rex." Sophocles', too. The Greeks knew everything, and we forgot. "Chiquitita" has literally saved my life in a strange non thinking way. I like guys with good voices: John Gary, Perry Como, etc. I love Los Panchos and "Alma de Cristal" by Los Dandys. |
| Favorite Books | The Magus, The Ebony Tower, anything by John Fowles, The Golden Notebook, Bleak House, Hard Times, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Under the Volcano, Can You Forgive Her, Washington Square, Anything by Henry James, The Fixer, Jude the Obscure, The Castle Thomas Hardy was the first writer I ever met who knew the absolute truth. Shit happens. There are no consequences that mean anything. Anything by Wystan Hugh Auden or Thomas Stearns Eliot. The names alone are worth having the books for. The writer of Under the Milkwood Tree whose name I now forget. I'm kind of a dry drunk myself. |