Katherine Hamadeh

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  • Freshman Nights: Did They Do It?

    They did It.  If you are of a certain age, I’m sure someone in your 5th or 6th grade class, in a quiet whisper, excitedly reported that someone did It. Or wanted to do It. Maybe someone started a rumor that your principal and teacher were doing It.  And in all these whispered voices, nobody…

  • Happy Birthday, Octavia Butler

    Remembering Octavia Butler who would’ve been 79 years old yesterday.I first read her work in my freshman year of college in Intro to African-American Literature. It was the first English class I took in college, and I was excited to sign up for it as the student who once complained that all we read were…

  • Happy Father’s Day!

    Happy Father’s Day to one of my favorite literary fathers, Atticus Finch.Another Instagrammer posted the question who is your favorite literary father, and as someone who has taught 9th grade English and To Kill a Mockingbird more times than I can count, I thought of Atticus (we won’t talk about Go Set a Watchman).When I…

  • Summer Sisters

    I read this book every summer. I love the story of Caitlin and Vix’s friendship, I get caught up in the romances, even though I know how it’s going to end, I even love all the family drama.Now I just need the Midwest to get warm again because I don’t feel right reading it unless…

  • Is it Fall Yet?

    Are you spending your summer at the It’s Okay to Cry Corral with Daria and Mr. O’Neil?

  • Happy June

    Is it okay for a teacher to post this? Happy June!

  • Book quotes

    Sometimes we all need a little reminder from Emma Woodhouse.

  • Quote of the Day

  • Exile in Guyville

    “There are a lot of mediocre men out there.”  This is what I said to a former student who is now a co-worker when discussing some of the interesting men we have encountered in the education world, particularly some of those in leadership.  I quickly countered my statement with of course, there are mediocre women…

  • We’ll Always Have Summer v. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Season 3

    This summer, determined to read the book before the series, I read We’ll Always Have Summer, the third and final book in the Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy and the basis for season three. I am also caught up with the series so far, and my thoughts about the two are taking over my brain,…