Bona Fide

I received an email from Santa. It was probably my sophomore year in college, though it might have been a year earlier or later. There was the address in the sender field: SANTA@NPOLE.COM. I don’t remember anything else about the message, but the sender was curious. I had never seen a spoofed email before. This was still years before we started using the word “spam” … Continue reading Bona Fide

My Word

On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. In 1993, Peter Steiner captured the sentiment that I was trying to convey to my students. The Internet was the great equalizer. Middle school students can be pretty judgmental. If you don’t have the right clothes, or the right hairstyle, or like the right kind of music, or have the right body type, or reject the right … Continue reading My Word