+1 AP Lang and Comp essay

Get active. There are a number of online resources (Jennifer Hoffman’s “What to do this week,” “Indivisible Guide,” “wall-of-us.org,” “Rebuild the Hope”) that can provide small daily actions and ways to think, act, and organize strategically. Join a church that shares your values and beliefs and has a commitment to…

I have found acts of love to be the most helpful ones to my own psyche, post-election. Love trumps hate; love trumps fear. My family planted a garden in November. We’re adopting a couple more cats in January (done with kids; have two already). If you want a baby, have a baby (if you don’t, don’t). Living my values…

See Federalist 68 for support of Xenophon’s first sentence (likely author: Alexander Hamilton, per Wikipedia).

I have two children and live in Washington, DC, where I am on the faculty of a successful charter school. I am thankful that the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (yes, we have such a bureaucracy, despite not having other “state” things, like Congressional representation) has amended its policies so…