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3. Why I Started #Hotchkiss365

Posted on January 23, 2019July 24, 2019 by caritagardiner

I didn’t love the fall of 2014. Nothing horrible happened to me that fall, but the bad odor of unhappy changes floated in the air. My school kept coming up with new policies that didn’t strike me as good for the students, the staff, or the faculty. (We’re in a totally different, better place now,…

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2. Why I Don’t Judge

Posted on January 16, 2019July 24, 2019 by caritagardiner

When the holidays roll around, some students’ parents give their kids’ teachers gifts. I genuinely appreciate some of these gifts (caramel popcorn, coffee cake, giant diamonds wrapped in hundred-dollar bills, non-chocolate candy). Others make me cringe. One lovely student’s kind mother gave me a mug with “I’m silently correcting your grammar” imprinted on its side….

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1. Why I Write Nonfiction Posts

Posted on January 8, 2019July 24, 2019 by caritagardiner

I’ve been making this website to help me develop a writer’s platform, which is something I’m learning about for an online class I’m taking. Pretty much every part of this class falls far outside of my wheelhouse, but I’m loving stretching myself in this way. Having an author’s platform, I now understand, will help me…

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WHAT I DO

I teach English to high schoolers at a boarding school in Connecticut. I read AP English Literature and Composition exams and serve as a teacher mentor for the University of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows program. I’ve earned a Bachelor of Arts (Amherst College), an Education Master in Learning and Teaching (Harvard University Graduate School of Education), a Master of Arts in English (Bread Loaf School of English), and most recently a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a certificate in the online teaching of writing (Southern New Hampshire University).

As a writer, I hope to capture the complexity and joy of life in the New England boarding school world. On this site, I share what I know about trying to write fiction while teaching English, coaching, and doing the other tasks associated with helping to raise over six hundred other people’s children.

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU

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Read my recent “Why” Wednesday Blog Posts

  • 183. Why Embrace Dead Ends
  • 182. Why Be Authentic (a guest post)
  • 181. Why Switch from Participles to Verbs
  • 180. Why Be Vulnerable
  • 179. Why You Did Have a Chance
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