Nov 6, 2019 | Engaging Education, Jess Woods
The publishing industry is changing, and that is a beautiful thing. Voices are emerging from cultures that have previously been silenced in print. Stories are no longer squelched by industry constraints. Genre-specific niches have a pedestal and are flourishing. With...
Oct 22, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
Legacy of the Berlin Wall: Reflections and Challenges 30 Years Later I ended part 3 with a quick mention of the Solidarity Tax. The Solidaritätszuschlag, the Solidarity Tax, that was instated to rebuild East Germany is still being levied, which many people in the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
Reflections on Reunification: 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall On another visit to Berlin, I stood at the Berlin Wall, along with others, chiseling away and collecting souvenirs of what amounted to chunks of mortar with gravel and splashes of paint. Did we...
Sep 28, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
East vs. West Berlin: Contrasts and Challenges After the Wall Fell Even though the Berlin Wall was open, the situation in East Berlin was still extremely tense. Shortly after the Berlin Wall was opened, I visited friends in East Berlin for an extended weekend,...
Sep 10, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
The Day the Berlin Wall Fell: Memories from 30 Years Ago I was working as an interpreter and translator in Cologne, West Germany, when the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago. On November 9, 1989, I was waiting at a stoplight, two blocks from my apartment. Suddenly,...
Jun 4, 2019 | Engaging Education, Jess Woods
Unlocking Opportunities: The Transformative Power of Libraries In some of my high school level classes, I require the use of outside sources during paper composition, and students often seem baffled when I require at least one source to be a book source. They ask,...
