Spencer Bennington
Bracket Blog #2 The "Elite Eight" Board Game Designs!
Welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog where, recently I made my students fight to the death in a March Madness bracket-style...
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Spencer Bennington
- Apr 6
- 7 min
The Rap Rhetorics Student Blog Part 4: Misogyny, Homophobia, and Queering Hip-Hop
Welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog! As you could probably tell from the last one, my Rap Rhetorics students have a LOT to say...
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Spencer Bennington
- Apr 4
- 6 min
The Rap Rhetorics Student Blog Part 3: Obscenity, Parody, and Freedom of Speech
Welcome back to the Rap Rhetorics Student Blog crash of the Rhetorical Roundhouse platform–this is part 3 in a five-part series...
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Spencer Bennington
- Mar 30
- 14 min
March Madness Board Game Bracket!
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog, a place where I share all my many interrelated teacher things. Today...
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Spencer Bennington
- Mar 24
- 14 min
The Rap Rhetorics Student Blog Part 2: Police Violence, The War on Drugs, and Mass Incarceration
Hello and welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog where, today, we are continuing our five-part series highlighting student...
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Spencer Bennington
- Mar 10
- 11 min
The Rap Rhetorics Student Blog Part 1: The (Anti) American Dream
Hello and welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog where, today, we are beginning a five-part series that will conclude our...
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Spencer Bennington
- Nov 15, 2022
- 9 min
Exploring Intertextual Relationships in Rap Rhetorics
Yesterday, a student of mine schooled me on an album I’m embarrassed to say I’d never listened to: Songs in the Key of Love by Stevie...
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Spencer Bennington
- Oct 30, 2022
- 13 min
Emails, Reviews, Cover Letters...and Literacy Narratives, oh my? Rap Rhetorics Project 1 Recap!
How Our Personal Literacies Affect Our Reading (and writing!) of Rhetorical Situations. Welcome to college! Happy to have you here–also,...
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Spencer Bennington
- Sep 29, 2022
- 12 min
Rap Rhetorics: The Return!
“It was all a dream,” then Dr. B found himself a team… Two summers ago I piloted a version of “Expository Writing” (whatever that means)...
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Spencer Bennington
- Jun 1, 2022
- 7 min
"When Did the Sound of Your Spirit Change?"
When Did the Sound of my Spirit Change? In Tae Kwon Do we have a word, kihap, that signifies a specific kind of sound performed by...
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Spencer Bennington
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Happy Black History Month and Welcome Back!
Hello everyone! Welcome to the new and improved rhetoricalroundhouse.com . Over the years this site has changed, grown, and moved in...
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Spencer Bennington
- Sep 14, 2020
- 5 min
Would Your Childhood Self Be Proud of Who You Are Today?
Did you have heroes growing up? I remember always wanting someone to be my specific role model, someone I could truly emulate. The...
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Spencer Bennington
- Sep 1, 2020
- 5 min
Why I'm Excited People are Watching Cobra Kai
Welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog! This week I've noticed that a LOT of folks are posting about the Karate Kid sequel series...
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Spencer Bennington
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Shadowboxing and Self-Reflection
Training in this way can become an addiction like anything else, a way to escape the world and your own issues without facing them
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Spencer Bennington
- Aug 17, 2020
- 7 min
Part 2: Perseverance, Self-Control, and Indomitable Spirit for a Post-COVID World
Last week I discussed the first two tenets of Tae Kwon Do: Courtesy and Integrity, particularly how we can think about applying them in...
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Spencer Bennington
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
How to Apply the Five Tenets of Tae Kwon Do in a Post-COVID World
I realize that it's not always easy to be a good person and, in many ways, 2020 has truly tested all of us in this regard.
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Spencer Bennington
- Aug 3, 2020
- 5 min
Test Yourself: You Might be Pleasantly Surprised!
Welcome back to the Rhetorical Roundhouse blog, your online home for martial arts training and critical reflection. Last week I told you...
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Spencer Bennington
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
Weekend Workouts on Instagram Live!
I recently experimented with doing a live video on Instagram for a weekend workout and I had a lot of fun! For a preview of what the workout
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Spencer Bennington
- Jul 19, 2020
- 4 min
2.B.A Master! Finding Your Path to Mastery in Martial Arts
These areas of focus include things like breath control, balance, meditation, flexibility, basic kick ambidexterity, footwork and sparring
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Spencer Bennington
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
Digital Martial Arts Studies Conference!
Hello everyone and welcome back to Rhetorical Roundhouse, your online home for Tae Kwon Do research and training. This week I want to...
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