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L Eckert
Houston Texas
Love is a willingness to embrace compassion. BA in English from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Minor in Criminal Justice and Liberal Arts; Currently working on my Masters of English at the University of Texas at Tyler
Interests: I'm interested in travel, writing, education, Native American literature (Simon Ortiz, Joy Harjo, N. Scott Momaday) the work of John Steinbeck, and I like the outdoors...just not enough to live there.
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Moonlight Ramble 2018: Better than EVER 🐾🚴🏼‍♀️🔱👻
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Last night we loaded up the bike, the dogs, and the dog trailer and headed over to Houston for the big Moonlight Ramble. We met up with hundreds of other cyclists at Saint Arnold's Brewery for a costume and bike contest, and then we hit the road at midnight on... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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The People and Subjects that Paulo Freire was Fighting For: Composition and Education, the Poor and Oppressed
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I've been working on a paper that examines the effects of standardized testing on secondary students. I'm most interested in essay responses and how they interfere with an expressivist pedagogy. I'm trying to argue that even though an essay prompt might have good intentions, it still caters to what Freire... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Oct 9, 2018
Doing Research in Education: A Writer's Dilemma in the Age of Trump and Devos
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I'm at an impasse in my research and in my paper, and I think I've just become sick of the battle for public education. I am sick of this battle because in the age of Trump and Devos I am losing hope. Even though teachers and other stakeholders have come... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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The Problem with the Cat Squad: Writing and Thinking
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Today I am writing to discuss the dancing mumble jumble of the early beginnings of the classical swing and sway of turbulent female bonding gone tragically wrong. A typical feminist will recognize the innate, positive qualities that exist in another woman and seek to hold that person strongly aloft, high... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Aug 4, 2018
Somewhere in the Middle East, Late 50's
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If you recognize this scene, leave a comment and tell me what you know 😊 It is so much like me to post something and then write about a completely different topic, but this time I’m doing it because I really don’t know much about this picture. I know that... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Five Ways to Survive the Drama King or Queen at Your Workplace
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Just when you started to think that your life had become dull and uninteresting to other people, you suddenly realize that you’ve been a long-running target of the weak-minded and categorical. I say weak-minded because even with a solid education the cause of your misery is still oblivious to common... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Leadership and Qualifications? Oh the Irony!
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I'm writing today just to reflect on a few things that I find extremely pathetic and boring, the kinds of things that are just tiresome and ridiculous. This is just me having an informal conversation with you. First of all, when someone is qualified to do the work, then he... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Thoughts on Trump, Literacy Coaching, and Writing for My GIS
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Like usual, I couldn't be more disturbed about the incompetence going on in Washington. I've been reading this book by Kurt Eichenwald about Enron and why it failed, and so many of the people at the top of that organization had no business working with large sums of money and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Trump and Tillerson: Fascists Hate Dissension
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The fact that Trump keeps kicking people to the curb that disagree with him makes me think that he's so demented and hard line that he finds even the slightest bit of advice repugnant. If that's true, and by all accounts it is, then our country is in even deeper... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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I Don't Want to do it Myself: Teaching Writing with a Worksheet
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This week some of my fellow students (I'm in a composition pedagogy class) shared some worksheets that they would assign during a writing workshop. First of all, I am completely confused by this assignment because I have attended numerous writing workshops around the country, and I've never had to do... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Why would someone that is a true reading...
Why would someone that is a true reading specialist with years of experience trot out all of these computer based learning programs that are basically ineffective and a waste of time? If a district has talent at the top, then why would it resort to this kind of instruction? Sure,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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Books Matter if You Want a Real Life
What in the world is a secure life and why does it matter? After sitting around in coffee shops and hotels for half of my life, you'd think I would know how to handle the obvious, the obvious being a well-situated camera in the break room somewhere near the copy... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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A Few Exciting Ideas for the New Year: Kicking Resolutions, Making Goals and Studying Travel Journals (It's all about me 🥂🎹😃✏️📓🎓🔱)
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I am just happy to report that after a short drought, I now have another A in my grad studies. I worked hard last semester studying the sublime and how it is used in Victorian literature. The sublime was not a topic in my class, but I think it should... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2018 at The Red HOT Pen
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The 45th Moonlight Ramble: Having Fun in Houston
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Last night's Moonlight Ramble was a blast because it's just one of the many ways we are proving that our city is getting some of its groove back after Harvey. All kinds of people were out with neon lights on their bikes (I couldn't find my new lights), some people... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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The Adult Day Care Center and Donald Trump: The Frightening Reality
Senator Bob Corker articulated what is on everyone's mind these days, and his response to Trump's attack is classic. I am not going to disparage adult day cares by inferring that they are a negative, but I think we understand the comparison. Trump's Twitter attacks are juvenile and spontaneous, and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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A Few Reasons Why NFL and NBA Players Need to Take the Knee
If you've noticed the irony of Donald Trump's discourse concerning the recent NFL players form of silent protest against racism and inequity, then you are probably getting chills. We are on the brink of a possible conflict with North Korea, an authoritarian regime that requires citizens to literally worship public... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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Five Things Not To Do When The Hot Water Goes Out
I can't complain about not having hot water when so many of my neighbors are homeless after Harvey. Just down the street and around the corner a whole neighborhood was flooded and now everyone that had a second floor is living upstairs. The houses are gutted and the trash is... Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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The Light Woman's Confession and Imperative
Yes, I know that everyone tonight is hating me, and that is because I am the queen of light. I am the queen of light housework after light breakfast; I am the queen of light television after reading light Victorian novels rich with sensitive scents, and vivid imagery. I am... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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My Struggle with Beauty and Artificiality: The Truth is Ugly
Last week I was asked to define beauty as it pertains to English Renaissance love poetry, and as I was working I came to an epiphany. Earlier in the course we had been asked to examine artificiality as it relates to romance, and I just found the whole exercise, the... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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The Fight Over Capitalist Interests in Public Education: Betsy Devos and Donald Trump are not Educators
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If one were to argue that our most sacred public institution was up for sale after decades of suffering under a merciless political and social attack, most citizens would look around and wonder what sacred public institution was being pillaged. If one were to argue that masses of people had... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2017 at The Red HOT Pen
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