by Steve Chisnell | 26 March 2014 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism
This a 3-part series as a model for student work. Bambi in Boyland: How Disney’s Fawn Reflects American Morals Part One: Commerce Drive-In Theater, 1968 A boy is introduced to movies and Disney’s Bambi, and the initiation teaches fear. I admit my memory is cloudy . I... 
by Steve Chisnell | 11 October 2013 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism
I know how it is. We post pics of our niece’s crayon art to Pinterest, frame a purchased poster of Edward Munch’s The Scream, and lament the loss of theimpending liquidation of the DIA. All the while, we casually and carelessly call each of these... 
by Steve Chisnell | 18 July 2012 | ChizBlog, Travel
Corn corn corn corn. I knew the long haul across Kansas would be a challenge. So I started the morning off by being the first one to charge into the over-advertised Meramec Caverns. Truly, they are extensive, and I admit I’ve never seen such an impressive array... 
by Steve Chisnell | 15 July 2012 | ChizBlog, Travel
Nothing necessarily insightful about these next few posts, but more an account of some of the highlights of my second American Road Trip. This time I will be taking two specific roads while traveling to Vegas and back: Route 50, called the “Loneliest Road in... 
by Steve Chisnell | 2 October 2011 | ChizBlog, Education
One of several posts on my old blog, From the Trenches, about the craft of teaching. Okay, I admit: I rushed into the Wiki business perhaps a little late for the rush of –pedia followers and a little early for my technical skills. Nevertheless, techno-literacy... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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