Comments for Miriam Glassman http://www.miriamglassman.com Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:58:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on My Teacher by Miriam Glassman http://www.miriamglassman.com/2011/01/29/my-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Miriam Glassman Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:58:04 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=548#comment-335 Hi Sean, Great to hear from you! Thank you so much for your kind words. Alan touched so many of us in a profound way that I think we truly came to appreciate as we moved along in our lives. And I think given his passion for Ancient Greece, he'd consider it the highest compliment to be included in a pantheon of teaching heroes. I wonder, would he be on horseback carrying a shield, or bearing some amphora full of wine? Oh, we know which one! Best, Miriam Hi Sean,

Great to hear from you! Thank you so much for your kind words. Alan touched so many of us in a profound way that I think we truly came to appreciate as we moved along in our lives. And I think given his passion for Ancient Greece, he’d consider it the highest compliment to be included in a pantheon of teaching heroes. I wonder, would he be on horseback carrying a shield, or bearing some amphora full of wine? Oh, we know which one!

Best, Miriam

]]> Comment on My Teacher by Miriam Glassman http://www.miriamglassman.com/2011/01/29/my-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Miriam Glassman Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:52:20 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=548#comment-334 Yes, Joel, I remember you and your daughters. In fact, Jane and I have recently reconnected via Facebook! I also remember when you organized the parent group. And indeed, Alan was a very special person, a kind of Pete Seeger of education in how passionately he believed in the power of people to bring about positive change in this world. Yes, Joel, I remember you and your daughters. In fact, Jane and I have recently reconnected via Facebook! I also remember when you organized the parent group. And indeed, Alan was a very special person, a kind of Pete Seeger of education in how passionately he believed in the power of people to bring about positive change in this world.

]]> Comment on Because of Alan by Dianne White http://www.miriamglassman.com/2011/02/02/because-of-alan/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Dianne White Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:35:20 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=566#comment-187 Miriam - I've truly enjoyed reading about Alan. As a teacher (and completely ordinary person!), I am happily reminded that each one of us can, in ofttimes unexpected ways, make a huge impression on someone else's life. What an amazing tribute. Thanks for the reminder that each one of us has the opportunity to share our own, very personal and individual passions, with others. See? In some ways I feel like I, too, know something about Alan, because of the HUGE impact he had on you and others... Miriam – I’ve truly enjoyed reading about Alan. As a teacher (and completely ordinary person!), I am happily reminded that each one of us can, in ofttimes unexpected ways, make a huge impression on someone else’s life. What an amazing tribute. Thanks for the reminder that each one of us has the opportunity to share our own, very personal and individual passions, with others. See? In some ways I feel like I, too, know something about Alan, because of the HUGE impact he had on you and others…

]]> Comment on My Teacher by Sean McEntee http://www.miriamglassman.com/2011/01/29/my-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Sean McEntee Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:51:47 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=548#comment-183 Hi Miriam, What a beautiful post. I was just thinking of Alan the other day and of how much I learned from him. I especially remember Case Studies in American History and how he taught us that we never really know all the facts of a story and to bear that in mind before we form opinions about what we've heard or read. Invariably when I think of great teachers I've had or lasting lessons I've learned Alan is among the pantheon of my teaching heroes. I envy you your warm, real relationship with him rather than my rather distant, awestruck one. Sean Hi Miriam,
What a beautiful post. I was just thinking of Alan the other day and of how much I learned from him. I especially remember Case Studies in American History and how he taught us that we never really know all the facts of a story and to bear that in mind before we form opinions about what we’ve heard or read. Invariably when I think of great teachers I’ve had or lasting lessons I’ve learned Alan is among the pantheon of my teaching heroes.

I envy you your warm, real relationship with him rather than my rather distant, awestruck one.
Sean

]]> Comment on My Teacher by Joel Zweibel http://www.miriamglassman.com/2011/01/29/my-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Joel Zweibel Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:27:20 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=548#comment-179 I knew Alan Shapiro because my daughters, Jane and Emily went through the 3I's Program and I organized a parent group to campaign against a cut-off of funds to that superb Program. Alan was a terrific human being. In addition to creating and administering the 3I Program, he alway gently interacted with and encouraged the students. Alan was a scholar and a mensch. I knew Alan Shapiro because my daughters, Jane and Emily went through the 3I’s Program and I organized a parent group to campaign against a cut-off of funds to that superb Program.
Alan was a terrific human being. In addition to creating and administering the 3I Program, he alway gently interacted with and encouraged the students. Alan was a scholar and a mensch.

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]]> Comment on Happy Birthday, E.D. by Miriam http://www.miriamglassman.com/2010/12/09/happy-birthday-e-d/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Miriam Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:38:34 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=509#comment-97 I'm glad you enjoyed, Ann. And thanks for posting the link. I was away, working at the library and then went straight from there to bowling with the librarians. But that's a different post! Anyway, I bake gingerbread every year in E.D.'s honor. It's a little tradition that my family and I enjoy (Poetry? Oh, swell. Now would you please cut the cake!)And I try to take a moment from the holiday craziness to just spend a little time with the poems. That's a nice tradition, too. I’m glad you enjoyed, Ann. And thanks for posting the link. I was away, working at the library and then went straight from there to bowling with the librarians. But that’s a different post! Anyway, I bake gingerbread every year in E.D.’s honor. It’s a little tradition that my family and I enjoy (Poetry? Oh, swell. Now would you please cut the cake!)And I try to take a moment from the holiday craziness to just spend a little time with the poems. That’s a nice tradition, too.

]]> Comment on Happy Birthday, E.D. by Ann Jacobus http://www.miriamglassman.com/2010/12/09/happy-birthday-e-d/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Ann Jacobus Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:17:10 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=509#comment-96 Thank you, Miriam, for this perceptive, fitting and thought-provoking birthday tribute to E. D.! Thank you, Miriam, for this perceptive, fitting and thought-provoking birthday tribute to E. D.!

]]> Comment on Excuse me, I Used To Live Here by Tim Wynne-Jones http://www.miriamglassman.com/2010/07/09/excuse-me-i-used-to-live-here/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Tim Wynne-Jones Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:15:45 +0000 http://www.miriamglassman.com/?p=468#comment-91 Hi Miriam; I'm whiling away the time before leaving for Pog, and I thought I'd drop in on you in an electronic kind of way. What a lovely story in your blog. And yeah, Steve was right about not giving away your whereabouts, that night, but the bomb about the room mom slept in certainly qualifies your drop-in as the real deal -- or a really imaginative thief. I ve so often wanted to see the (numerous) homes we used to live it.I know my memories are skewed, not just of what happened there, but of the physical space, which I imagine expands and contracts depending on your age and usage (IE the "room" under the stairs where I used to play with my toy soldiers in our by the sea in Vancouver was big enough to be more than one battlefield, for instance. Anyway, as a much-moved child, I really appreciated this. Thanks. Tim Hi Miriam;
I’m whiling away the time before leaving for Pog, and I thought I’d drop in on you in an electronic kind of way. What a lovely story in your blog. And yeah, Steve was right about not giving away your whereabouts, that night, but the bomb about the room mom slept in certainly qualifies your drop-in as the real deal — or a really imaginative thief. I
ve so often wanted to see the (numerous) homes we used to live it.I know my memories are skewed, not just of what happened there, but of the physical space, which I imagine expands and contracts depending on your age and usage (IE the “room” under the stairs where I used to play with my toy soldiers in our by the sea in Vancouver was big enough to be more than one battlefield, for instance. Anyway, as a much-moved child, I really appreciated this. Thanks. Tim

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