by Steve Chisnell | 29 March 2009 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism
Fresh. Pure. Delicious. Made fresh daily in Detroit. Most of us don’t think of the late 1960s as the Golden Age of the peanut butter sandwich. I do. It was a time when my grandmother would make sandwiches with Smucker’s jelly and Velvet Peanut Butter. I... 
by Steve Chisnell | 21 March 2009 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism
Truly, my first thought when I heard that the cast of Battlestar Galactica was debating at the real United Nations was that we’ve finally lost our sense of reality. And, on reflection, I admit I don’t think I’m wrong. If you are not following all the... 
by Steve Chisnell | 2 March 2009 | ChizBlog, Service
I’ve been wondering what I would write of Galveston five months after Hurricane Ike. Even now, thousands are without homes, many still without water, and electricity is just now starting to be restored on Bolivar peninsula. And so we took 64 students to help:... 
by Steve Chisnell | 14 February 2009 | ChizBlog, Philosophy, Service
“I haven’t received any call back from you.” I didn’t know whose voice it was on my cell phone. All I knew was that she was an older woman staying in Florida and that she had called me at some point while I was teaching a Haruki Murakami novel... 
by Steve Chisnell | 26 January 2009 | ChizBlog, Education
Given a chance to re-create the Course Catalog for 2009-2010, and just in time for scheduling day, I offer the following new course proposals for you. Have an idea I forgot? Add it! Philosophy: Ethics Students will spend the semester pondering and arguing the... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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