End of Another Year

[Matt McKeon]

Grades posted, reports ins. End of another school year

 

[jgoodguy]

Grades posted, reports ins. End of another school year

Congrats, you made it.

Future teachers will be trying to interest their students in these times someday

 

[diane]

Grades posted, reports ins. End of another school year

Job well done! Now you can relax for...a few minutes!

 

[5fish]

Grades posted, reports ins. End of another school year

Enjoy the summer... How did you like teach horror literature?

 

[Matt McKeon]

Congrats, you made it.

Future teachers will be trying to interest their students in these times someday

"May you live in interesting times." A lot of the truisms in my lessons about the USA aren't so true.

 

[Matt McKeon]

Job well done! Now you can relax for...a few minutes!

I have a list: everything from painting the back steps to cleaning out the garage.

 

[Matt McKeon]

Enjoy the summer... How did you like teach horror literature?

I enjoyed it so much, I am offering it again next year. Including "Carmilla" this time.

 

[jgoodguy]

"May you live in interesting times." A lot of the truisms in my lessons about the USA aren't so true.

I watched some videos on the fall of the Roman Republic. Quit scary.

OTOH the guy in charge of MAGA, bankrupted 6 casinos. MAGA also seems intent on depopulating rural areas removing a big constituent population as well as bankrupting red States. Not to mention an onrushing financial crisis. Shades of Herbert Hoover.

 

[O' Be Joyful]

I enjoyed it so much, I am offering it again next year. Including "Carmilla" this time.

Did you squeeze in some Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen?
Bonus Question for the pop quiz: Which military academy did Poe go to?

 

[O' Be Joyful]

"May you live in interesting times."

My understanding of that phrase is that it is derived from an ancient Chinese curse, and methinks they weren't talkin' about tariffs.

 

[diane]

My understanding of that phrase is that it is derived from an ancient Chinese curse, and methinks they weren't talkin' about tariffs.

They're kind of good at boomerang curses, too! Things are pretty interesting there... and getting more so.

 

[O' Be Joyful]

They're kind of good at boomerang curses, too!

As were the "fire-eaters" before "The Late Unpleasantness".

 

[Matt McKeon]

Did you squeeze in some Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen?
Bonus Question for the pop quiz: Which military academy did Poe go to?

Poe was a cadet at West Point. There is a recent novel and film set with Poe there. The Pale Blue Eye. A colleague taught Frankenstein this year, so probably not.

 

[O' Be Joyful]

There is a recent novel and film set with Poe there. The Pale Blue Eye.

Thx for the heads-up, I'll check into it.

 

[5fish]

Frankenstein

What about teach Lord Ruthven, from John William Polidori's The Vampyre (1819)... It was start by Lord Byron at that retreat with the Shelly's and Polidori...

 

[Matt McKeon]

What about teach Lord Ruthven, from John William Polidori's The Vampyre (1819)... It was start by Lord Byron at that retreat with the Shelly's and Polidori...

Because its an amazingly badly written almost unreadable novel that is longer than War and Peace.

 

[5fish]

Because its an amazingly badly written almost unreadable novel that is longer than War and Peace.

What about horror poetry? There are many horror poems out there by famous writers of their day.

Famous Horror Poems & Creepy Short Verse Collection – 2025

Explore terrifying horror poems and spooky poetry from famous writers such as Keats, Dickinson, and Frost. Embrace dark themes of death and fear.

darklongbox.com

 

[rittmeister]

Did you squeeze in some Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen?
Bonus Question for the pop quiz: Which military academy did Poe go to?

interesting that you talk about edgar - he's the the only american author ever to be mentioned in ENGLISH literature over here

 

[rittmeister]

They're kind of good at boomerang curses, too! Things are pretty interesting there... and getting more so.

best curse is jewish - may all your teeth fall out, all but one - for tooth ache

 

[rittmeister]

Because its an amazingly badly written almost unreadable novel that is longer than War and Peace.

i second that - wholeheartedly