LearnMe
Jason Dubow
Created on September 28, 2010
Posts written: 48LearnMe is a forty-something native New Yorker, father of two, husband to one, sibling of six. He teaches writing and literature at St. Francis College. He is, in theory, a fiction writer (perhaps some day the "in theory" won't be necessary; this is the plan). He loves to cook, reads a lot, and is a serious Red Sox fan.
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Sloth Daddy
Right Back at You, Tiger Mother
“Once you start down that road—race to the top, race to nowhere, go, go, go!—it’s night near impossible to reverse course.”
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I’m Not Dostoevsky
On Wallowing, Executive Dysfunction, & Other Mishigas
"I am not a sick man. I am not a spiteful man. I am not an unpleasant man. My liver, as far as I know, is in excellent health."
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Unity & Coherence
Some Who Can Teach
“I wonder if he would even remember me, an odd blip of a student, a quietly disobedient boy from another time and place?”
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The Glint of Light
Truth, Expectation, & the Pursuit of Happiness
“Truth can be distorted, limited, irrelevant, meaningless. Truth can be false.”
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All Faith is Autopsy
Reflections After Christmas
“I am both happy and sad—there should be a word for this—when reciting the ‘Mourner’s Kaddish’”.
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Absolute Contingency
The Persistence of Paradox
“The rest of the time I thought I was a genius.”
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Can We All Get Along?
A Sit Down with SmallerMan
“I wonder whether his growing dissatisfaction is based on his perception of reality, or is it a reflection of ours?”Read More
In Gifts Begin Responsibilities
Guns, Barney, Ping-Pong
“Enough privileged middle-aged white man angst: why can’t I simply let the children be children?”
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The Rigor
Curriculum Matters & the Risk of “Other”
“I do not focus on what SchoolLess isn’t getting—some of which is loss, some of which is gain—but on what he is getting.”
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Don’t Pimp Your Kid
On Sharing: Priorities & Perspective
“My kids are funny when they fart.”
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