von Ersun Warncke | Apr. 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why animal welfare education matters for kidsIn November 2022, I read about New Zealand children being taught to trap and kill rats. The story has nagged me ever since.The child killers were ostensibly working towards the laudable goal of protecting native fauna.What...
von Ersun Warncke | Apr. 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
The inevitable doesn’t have to beIn a fleeting discussion, a fellow animal-lover said it was a shame that domestic animals are routinely sterilized. ‘It’s not natural,’ he said.My first reaction was, okay, how about you take on the care of the countless haggard...
von Ersun Warncke | Apr. 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why teachers should embrace errors — especially their own!“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.“Samuel Beckett’s words (from the novella Worstward Ho) are an arch rallying cry for MFA types.They have never set well with me....
von Ersun Warncke | Apr. 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Write better without touching a keyboard!I’ve started to play around with video and wanted to share the first two installments of Write to Success’s Hands-free Writing Hacks series.Most of what makes for good writing happens away from a desk. Immersing oneself in the...
von Ersun Warncke | März 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Unpacking a potential classroom saboteur Over the past few years I’ve read a lot neurodiversity, learning differences, etc., which introduced me to pathological demand avoidance (the less fun PDA).Descriptions of associated traits rang a bell. I’ve certainly had...
