About Sean Hackett

Sean Hackett teaches high school music in central Pennsylvania and is a part-time farmer. He is married with a fifteen-year-old daughter and a baby girl just born in July. He blogs about school, teaching, and lots of other things at The Slacker’s Guide to School.

My Life As a Suzuki Mom

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Sean Hackett’s daughter learned to play violin via the Suzuki method. Here’s what he’s learned.

Life Lessons From a Two-Week Old

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This is easier when you’re older, and other life lessons Sean Hackett and his wife have learned after the birth of their second child.

Teenage Dating in a ‘Twilight’-'Hunger Games’ World

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The effects of romantic role models in young adult fiction color whole generations’ ideas of who they want to be and to love.