Biz Kechejian
Off the Beaten Path of Least Resistance
It appears to be a map, a watercolor illustration that you might find at the front of a fantasy book. Pastel pathways whimsically sprawl...
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Rachel Davies
- Apr 17
- 9 min
The Stories We Tell
Early to mid-April is that sweet time of year when some of the winter crispness still lingers in the morning air, a crispness slowly...
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Phoebe White
- Mar 27
- 7 min
The Exceptional Hero's Journey: What My Bookshelf Has Taught Me About Classic Literature
As I rapidly approach the end of my senior year, I am closing out my high school reading curriculum with The Iliad for my Greek...
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Grace Keller
- Mar 23
- 8 min
People Being People: Dispatches from a High School Senior on Learning to Know Herself
One fateful day last December, I was dubbed a patterned-sock/New-Year’s person by my AP Lit class. On the graph of fuzzy socks to...
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Reagan Engleman and Margaret Gramling
- Feb 17
- 5 min
The (Book) Love Hypothesis: Part Two of "Rom-Coms and Book Nerds: A Love Story"
Our mission at Her Voice at the Table is to create a space to share and discuss the intersections of student writing and well-being: how...
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Kate Schenck
- Feb 14
- 11 min
Rom-Coms and Book Nerds: A Love Story
“Reader, I married him.” -Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre Skeletons in the Closet This year I have been watching old episodes of Murder She...
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Megan Griffin
- Jan 23
- 14 min
The Sacred Rituals of Reading and Writing in Community
TCU’s rather remarkable journey to the national football championship for the first time since 1938—and their rather remarkable 65-7...
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Her Voice at the Table Team
- Dec 16, 2022
- 8 min
Holiday Gift Guide, 2022!
Last week, I came across a meme that read, “I hate when people ask me if I’m all ready for Christmas. No, Susan. I’m not even ready for...
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Grace Keller and Phoebe White
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
Making a (Major) Switch: Two High School Seniors on What Change Means to Them
Our mission at Her Voice at the Table is to create a space to share and discuss the intersections of student writing and well-being: how...
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Claire Weber
- Dec 6, 2022
- 6 min
Making a (Major) Switch: Advice from a College Student
I came onto UChicago’s campus in the fall of 2020 as optimistic as someone who was entering college in 2020 could be. I was sure of...
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Megan Griffin
- Nov 17, 2022
- 4 min
Quick Hit: Foodie Lit Assignments and Student Samples
In Liesl Mayerson’s post “Finding Her Place at the Table,” she provides a glimpse into her senior-level Foodie Literature classroom, a...
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Liesl Mayerson
- Nov 14, 2022
- 7 min
Finding Her Place at the Table
As we go into this season of Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on and profoundly grateful for one of the most joyful courses I have...
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Megan Griffin and Kate Schenck
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Quick Hit: Echoes of Antigone Assignment and Student Examples
In our post “Wisdom of the Ancients: A Cathartic Approach to Antigone,” we noted that our assessment for this unit asks students to...
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Megan Griffin and Kate Kairies Schenck
- Oct 17, 2022
- 12 min
The Wisdom of the Ancients: A Cathartic Approach to Teaching Antigone
You touch my most painful thoughts, a lament plowed over and over for my father and for the whole destiny of us all... –Antigone, lines...
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Megan Griffin
- Aug 23, 2022
- 6 min
Jane Eyre Pilgrimage, Part I: Or, How Kate Bush is Preparing Me for This School Year
In May 2022, I took the personal and professional development trip of a lifetime: a Jane Eyre pilgrimage. It was a weeklong reading,...
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Jessica Bailey
- Jun 23, 2022
- 9 min
Highway to the Resting Zone: Teachers and the Summer Slowdown
In an attempt to kick off the summer right, my husband and I went on a double date with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to see...
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Olivia Ide and Megan Griffin
- May 27, 2022
- 9 min
Getting into Some Good Trouble: Student Activism and Well-Being
This week began with the joy that accompanies the final days of a school year for both students and teachers: those sweet series of...
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Biz Kechejian
- May 9, 2022
- 5 min
Reading to Students as a Loving Practice
Unrelenting tears dripped onto my open book as I cackled with laughter, surrounded by freshmen in a circle on the floor, consumed by the...
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Kate Schenck
- May 2, 2022
- 6 min
Longing in Translation: How a Mandarin Teacher is Influencing my English Classroom
This month, while reading Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain, I came across a quote in her opening chapter...
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Megan Griffin
- Apr 25, 2022
- 11 min
Poems Taught and Remembered
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we extended an invitation to our fellow teachers in the English, World Languages, and Social...
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