Tag Archives: Shel Silverstein

ChatGPT, Infernal Machine

By Robin Bates | Published: September 28, 2023

ChatGPT is taking plagiarism to new levels. Shel Silverstein’s humorous poem mocks such machines but underestimates them.

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Lochte, White Privilege, & the Giving Tree

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2016

Alexandra Petri of “The Washington Post” makes brilliant use of “The Giving Tree” as she examines the recent shenanigans of Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, As Petri sees it, Lochte is protected by white privilege and would be facing far different consequences were he a person of color

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Brock Turner, enabling, Giving Tree, Ryan Lochte, white privilege, white resentment | Comments closed

What Personal Reading Histories Tell Us

By Robin Bates | Published: June 4, 2009

I can’t recommend enough the value of writing your reading history. It will reveal to you sides of yourself you didn’t know you had.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Alice Walker, Bernard Waber, Bluest Eye, Blume, Book of Light, Cat in the Hat, Clifton, Color Purple, Dr. Seuss, Freckle Juice, Go Ask Alice, I Know Why the Caged Burn Sings, Ira Sleeps Over, Judy Blume, Lucille Clifton, Maya Angelou, Missing Piece, Norman Holland, reading histories, Toni Morrison | Comments closed