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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 9 months ago
Hi David, thanks for your post. I just realized that I never responded and it seems rude not to acknowledge your kind note! (And I am from the south, so there’s that.) I don’t have any food allergies. But I do […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 9 months ago
Hi Nathan, I’d love to hear what you do with Maus as a text in your classroom. I teach it in my class (college freshmen). We can compare notes!
Looking forward to meeting you! Safe travels,Tonya
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 9 months ago
Hi Oana, I am looking forward to meeting you on Saturday! Can’t wait! I’m already having trouble sleeping!
Tonya
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 9 months ago
Hi David, I think personal stories are everything. What an incredible witnessing experience you had where you grew up. I’m looking forward to meeting you in just two days!
Tonya
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 9 months ago
Hi Alice! So looking forward to meeting you! I know we will benefit from you expertise as a born and bred Brooklynite! (Is that the right term?) Looking forward to meeting you . . . the countdown has begun!
Tonya
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 9 months ago
Hi Bryan, I would love to hear more about the Holocaust literature you have taught. I teach writing and inquiry at UNC Charlotte and we study and read about the Holocaust. I’ve also been to Kenya several times–I […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 10 months ago
Hi Ellen, what incredible family stories you must have. It would be a privilege to hear some of them,if you feel like sharing them at the seminar.
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 10 months ago
Hi fellow UNCC faculty member! It is crazy that we are going to be traveling to NYC to meet each other! I have been wanting to get to know John Cox and others in the Genocide Dept. to share what I’ve been doing […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, On Austrian Soil – Summer Seminar 2014 Responses 9 years, 10 months ago
Hi David, the writing teacher in me has to respond to your comment about not being a writer. Writers are people who write, period. That is all. You are a writer. Your voice and your words prove it!!! I enjoyed […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, On Austrian Soil – Summer Seminar 2014 Responses 9 years, 10 months ago
The belonging theme really struck me as well. I winced when I read Sondra’s words about wanting to fit in and be like the other girls in school. How she asked to be called Sandi, and how she wanted to hide her […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, On Austrian Soil – Summer Seminar 2014 Responses 9 years, 10 months ago
# Half-way Response to On Austrian Soil
I read this book last summer, when my NWP Director, Lil Brannon lent me her copy. She knew I was doing Holocaust work in my writing class and thought I would be […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 10 months ago
Hi Brad, we did not make it to Treblinka. We were on a tour, so we were constrained in that regard as far as having to go where the tour went. On the other hand, it took a lot of the stress of figuring things […]
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 10 months ago
Hi Donna, we could definitely meet before the trip! My email is tonya.wertz.o@gmail.com
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, Brad
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, Michael
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh commented on the post, 2014 Summer Seminar – Participant Introductions 9 years, 11 months ago
Hi Rosie, your comment about students asking questions about the Holocaust that you couldn’t answer hit home with me. I hope this is something that we can talk about at seminar. There is so much that I don’t […]
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