Estes Park Wanderings: The Local Periphery

Estes Park Wanderings: The Local Periphery

Labor Day weekend is fun for everyone except for teachers. Or, maybe I should say for everyone except teachers with “type b” personalities. I tell myself that my lack of planning leaves room for spontaneity in the classroom, but it also ruins every single Labor Day weekend. You won’t find me relaxing on the grass, soaking up the sun at local festivals. Like a bad student, I must cram. I buckled down to read the poem “On the Nature of Things” by …