Laura Hewett
On the Bright Side
One of the highlights of teaching is when I get to learn from my students. I'm so proud of these resilient, curious, thoughtful young...
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Laura Hewett
- Oct 10, 2021
- 6 min
Good Guy, Loves the Lord
Once upon a time, I was a cynical jerk face. I'm in progress, but I'm a lot better than a used to be. A lot of my formation into a more...
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Laura Hewett
- May 30, 2021
- 3 min
Balance
My proprioception is shot. Nerve damage sucks. It means my balance is all out of wack - particularly if I can’t see where my legs are....
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Laura Hewett
- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
Nick's Failure
I love the movie Meet the Robinsons for a lot of reasons, but this scene where Lewis fails and the whole family is cheering for him is...
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Laura Hewett
- Mar 29, 2020
- 6 min
Don't Press K
Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about...
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Laura Hewett
- Mar 22, 2020
- 4 min
Bear the Name
Listening to this podcast is a better use of your time than my blog; come back here for commentary on this episode:...
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Laura Hewett
- Mar 15, 2020
- 5 min
Empathy for Dracula
Dr. Schaak used to always tell our literature classes at Multnomah, "The goal of literature is empathy." I told my students that in our...
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Laura Hewett
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
From and To
My TA was getting some addresses for me this week and writing them on envelopes I hoped to have sent out months ago. Yesterday, I also...
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Laura Hewett
- Nov 10, 2019
- 4 min
Shine
Earlier this week a teacher friend of mine in America was telling me a student recently asked her, "Do you even know who TobyMac is?" And...
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Laura Hewett
- Sep 29, 2019
- 3 min
I Showed Up
I skipped church today. I've posted the last two weeks about feeling under the weather, and my body has finally been sleeping through the...
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Laura Hewett
- Sep 1, 2019
- 5 min
I'm Super Humble
We have a few beautiful traditions during the opening ceremonies at BFA, and I love being a part of the staff procession before the...
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Laura Hewett
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min
Omelas
Have you ever read Thomas More's Utopia? It's terrible. I mean, no way it could work, but if it did, life there would be horribly bland....
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