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May 18, 20243 min read
No Juice / Mark Rogers
photo by Mark Rogers “You have to embrace the chaos. That way life might just astonish you.” Hot Tub Time Machine This is circa 1995 or...
May 13, 20245 min read
A Math Teacher Writes / François Bereaud
I’m certain every teacher has heard the phrase, “You’re so lucky, you have summers off.” This statement is dumb, don’t say it. First,...


Apr 27, 20242 min read
Get on Up / Mark Rogers
Sofia and Mark Rogers, dancing in the street in Tijuana Here we are—Sophy and me—dancing again. But it’s not at a nightclub or Tijuana...


Apr 20, 20243 min read
Not a Chance / Mark Rogers
Illustration by Mark Rogers I think a teacher can sometimes take a visceral dislike to a student. As a freshman in high school, I had an...


Apr 10, 20243 min read
Mysteries of Love / Mark Rogers
Are we born installed with a Jungian anima or animus? An ideal man or woman who from birth lurks in our subconscious? Or is there a...


Mar 2, 20242 min read
The Ring / Mark Rogers
Were my dad and I ever close? I don’t think so. But one day when I was seven years old the gulf between us grew even wider. It was a...


Feb 25, 20241 min read
Gold / Mark Rogers
artwork by Mark Rogers On the drive home from Ciudad Obregon, we see a distant rainbow in front of us and then a second rainbow reflected...


Feb 8, 20244 min read
A Math Teacher Writes / François Bereaud
The first community college course I taught was Introductory Algebra, once a week - Saturday, 8 am to noon. I was given a book, the room...


Feb 3, 20242 min read
Saint Death / Mark Rogers
photo by Mark Rogers Juan is building a cinderblock wall for us. He lasted only a couple of days. We learned Juan was a slave of sorts,...


Jan 21, 20247 min read
A Math Teacher Writes / François Bereaud
In August 1998, I spent three weeks as a guest teacher at the Danchimah Nigerian-American Laboratory School (DNALS) in Aba, Nigeria. The...
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