A couple of years ago, in an essay for The Atlantic, writer Helena Fitzgerald named this week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, “Dead Week” and proclaimed it as the best of the year.1
At first I was a little hesitant to accept that any period should be considered “dead” time.
Recommendations for one post to read, one video to watch, one podcast episode to hear this weekend.
Speaking of writing, as in the previous post, I came to this activity late in life.
Although most of my teaching career involved helping students understand the concepts of mathematics (which usually doesn’t include much traditional writing),1 I started in college as a history major. As a result I learned to craft an effective bluebook exam essay and build major research papers.