Tag: The Old Man and the Sea

• The White Hills of Rockville

  Author’s Note: Some of my more liberal-minded readers might not agree with my positions in this essay, and that’s okay. Read or don’t read, the choice is yours, these views are mine. In the words of General Douglas MacArthur: “Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one’s convictions, the courage to…

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  January 24, 2016

  books, Essay

  #blizzard2016, A Day’s Wait, Abortion, Catholic, Catholic school, Catholicism, Chris Coleman, Ernest Hemingway, Hadley Richardson, Hills Like White Elephants, John Steinbeck, Jonas, literature, March for Life, Pauline Pfeiffer, Pro-choice, Pro-life, Roe vs. Wade, teaching, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, Washington DC

• Read ‘Em or Weep: A Cautionary Tale

  All over the country grade school, middle school, and high school students are scrambling to finish their summer reading assignments and projects. Some have put off reading a 300-page book to the very last minute and now finishing it in time to complete the assignment seems a daunting task. In the coming week, which is…

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  August 23, 2015

  Essay

  Agatha Christie, Aristotle, Catherine Called Birdy, Catholic, Cuba, England, foreign language, French, Gary Schmidt, Hemingway, Hercule Poirot, Karen Cushman, library, Louisiana, Mary Poppins, Maryland, Medieval era, Montgomery County, Murder on the Orient Express, Port Sulphur, procrastination, Shakespeare, Spanish, sports, sports camp, Steinbeck, summer reading, summer slump, terrazzo, The Old Man and the Sea, The Pearl, The Wednesday Wars, vacation