Calendar, September 2016
Dublin Core
Title
Description
This artifact is calendar for the month of September 2016 made by the submitter's son's school. The submitter provided the following:
"To get a glimpse at how writing organizes my life, this image of a school calendar is probably the best artifact. In almost every box, there is printed a "school event," which we then overlay with work schedules, trips, family events, soccer games, and folks visiting. It looks chaotic, with ink smeared and scratch outs across numerous columns. What is not evident from the notes is the significance of each written in event. "Game" doesn't highlight it was my son's first game on varsity - having made it as a freshman. It doesn't describe the weekend at the beach. Nor does it highlight the thousands of miles driven from Philly to Syracuse - the other meaning to any "Steve teach." In that way, the calendar is more like a synecdoche, indicating only part of what is a very often complex but deeply fulfilling life. "
"To get a glimpse at how writing organizes my life, this image of a school calendar is probably the best artifact. In almost every box, there is printed a "school event," which we then overlay with work schedules, trips, family events, soccer games, and folks visiting. It looks chaotic, with ink smeared and scratch outs across numerous columns. What is not evident from the notes is the significance of each written in event. "Game" doesn't highlight it was my son's first game on varsity - having made it as a freshman. It doesn't describe the weekend at the beach. Nor does it highlight the thousands of miles driven from Philly to Syracuse - the other meaning to any "Steve teach." In that way, the calendar is more like a synecdoche, indicating only part of what is a very often complex but deeply fulfilling life. "
Creator
Submitter's son's school
Stephen J. Parks
Stephen J. Parks
Source
Stephen J. Parks
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
Rights
Stephen J. Parks
Language
English
Identifier
Coverage
2000-2024
List Item Type Metadata
Genre
calendar
to-do list
Material
glossy paper
marker
Circulation
None
Linguistic Text
"Game"
"Steve teach"
"Lori"
"Jury duty"
"Steve @ Syracuse"
"Game away"
"Lori teach"
"Steve teach"
"Lori"
"Jury duty"
"Steve @ Syracuse"
"Game away"
"Lori teach"
Given Text
"September 2016"
Days of the week
School events
Days of the week
School events
Organizational Style
Calendar
Uploaded
Matthew Bruner
12/08/16
Hannah Young 01/20/17
12/08/16
Hannah Young 01/20/17
Files
Citation
Submitter's son's school
Stephen J. Parks, “Calendar, September 2016,” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 27, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/285.