Category: Stories
Personal narrative — growing up, identity, life lessons, and the moments that shaped how I see the world.
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I Didn’t Mean to Start a Blog Today
The plan was to write one blog post. What actually happened was I designed an entire content system…
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Polished but False
I asked an AI to write 25 blog posts, and the first few were fine, but by number…
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They Nested in a Dry Pond and Hatched Right Before the Rain Came
Sandhill cranes nested in a dry pond and laid eggs in bare dirt. Greg Williams watched them every…
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My Brain Doesn’t Work Like Yours. That’s Not a Bug.
Every teacher saw a distracted kid doodling in class. The reality: the pen moving was the only thing…
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Riding the Wave
I was diagnosed with what they used to call manic-depressive disorder in my mid-twenties, and I’ve spent the…
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Half the Jobs Haven’t Been Invented Yet
We’re training students for jobs that are disappearing while the jobs that will matter in ten years haven’t…
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Meet Me Where You Are
My entire teaching philosophy fits in one question: where are you, and how can I lead you to…
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The MySpace Classroom
I used MySpace to teach CSS before anyone called it social media literacy, and then I flipped it…
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She Had the Baby on Friday and Was Back in Class on Monday
A student had her baby on Friday and was back in class on Monday. After 25 years of…
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What It Looks Like When a Teacher Actually Sees You
A 1.2 GPA and an attitude problem walked into a military academy. The teachers who saw past both…