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Joseph Smigelski

Joseph Smigelski

Joseph Smigelski teaches English at two community colleges in Northern California and is the author of The Devil Looked at Johnny, a collection of short stories. For several years, Joe was a contributing editor at that leader in cyber-warfare, the former Intervention Magazine. Now he writes for the Huffington Post as well as Real TV Addict and PostScholastica.

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Recent Blogs

  1. Readers Are Translators Too

    Readers Are Translators Too

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    Reading shallowly is to reading deeply as eating at McDonald's is to dining at Chez Panisse.
  2. ‘You Can’t Prove a Negative’

    ‘You Can’t Prove a Negative’

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    I hit quite a snag the other day in the Critical Thinking class that I am privileged to teach at a community college. By the way, I dislike that word [...]
  3. The Supernatural as Metaphor

    The Supernatural as Metaphor

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    As a teacher of English at the community college level, one of the intellectual problems I face is reconciling my love for literature with my strengthening conviction that superstition and irrational thinking are detrimental to modern society.
  4. Hemingway? What? Who? WTF?

    Hemingway? What? Who? WTF?

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    I know I keep asking these questions, but frankly I don't know what else to do.
  5. Sam Harris Brings Critical Thinking into the Classroom

    Sam Harris Brings Critical Thinking into the Classroom

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    One of the people I invite into my Critical Thinking classes via the technological wizardry of the Internet is the philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris. Here's one of the reasons why.
  6. Fiction Can Take Us Beyond Identity Politics

    Fiction Can Take Us Beyond Identity Politics

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    When I choose novels for my students to read, I try to pick stories that will take them to places that are strange and unfamiliar, that will present a world to them that they cannot see when they look into their mirrors.
  7. The Newest Kindle Could Be the Best One Yet

    The Newest Kindle Could Be the Best One Yet

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    Amazon claims that the newest Kindle's display "looks like real paper," which is presumably the ultimate goal of an electronic reader.
  8. Racial Profiling in the Classroom?

    Racial Profiling in the Classroom?

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    As a teacher, I try to approach my students as individuals and not let their ethnicity influence my judgment of their abilities. Perhaps that is not always the right approach, but it's the only one I can take with peace of mind.
  9. How Wrong Can an Answer Be?

    How Wrong Can an Answer Be?

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    I am beginning to think that in the years to come, I will hear more astonishing things in my community college classes than I can possibly imagine.
  10. Why Aren’t Teachers Paid More?

    Why Aren’t Teachers Paid More?

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    If teachers are really as important as they are cracked up to be, why are they paid such a small fraction of what they ostensibly are worth?
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