Author Archives: Allena Tapia

Communications consultant focusing on Lansing, MI and worldwide! Specializing in Latino topics, immigration, social justice, education, health and parenting. Writer/Editor/Momma/Wife/Poet/Journalist/Poet/Activist

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  Shakespeare? What a Good-for-Nothing!

  Posted on 2012/09/11 by Allena Tapia in For fellow writers, Freelance world, Somethin' NEW, Word collecting.

  A recent WaPo blog post, “Why Kids Hate School, Subject by Subject,” eviscerated the most common, core subject areas taught in high school, labeling almost all of them pretty much useless for students. My favorite subject, language arts, got a bit of a pass, with the author saying that it should focus solely on writing- […]

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• My (Brief) Interview With Julian Castro

  Posted on 2012/09/06 by Allena Tapia in Uncategorized.

  Yes, I’m a little late. Been a busy couple days and if you follow my blog at About.com, you noticed I’ve had some bad luck with writer’s ergonomics recently. BUT, I did dig out this issue of  Latino Leaders in which I spoke with Mayor Castro (and/or his office- I seem to remember a couple […]

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• What You Need to Know About Writing Lesson Plans

  Posted on 2012/09/05 by Allena Tapia in Uncategorized.

  You do want to get into this particular field, writers. Writing lesson plans and courses for virtual schools, universities, districts and state departments presents you with the opportunity to shape the relay of information, to practice communicating with different audiences, and to scale your copy up or down depending on student needs. That is, it […]

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