This week marked the end of my 45th semester of teaching. I’ve had a 21-year career, so far, in teaching at the college level. Except for about eight years (some of which I was too young to remember well), my entire life has been structured within the rhythm of the academic year.




The academic-year cycle where I live designates September and January as t…
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