David O’Hara

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Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia

Downstream traces the native brook trout of the Appalachians. It's about clean water, because we all live downstream.

2014

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Why I Am Not Threatened By ChatGPT…At Least Not In My Classroom

As it turns out, many of my classes are hard to cheat in.

5 min readFeb 4, 2023

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Bringing It Home: How to Make the Most of Studying Abroad

A week ago I came back from yet another month of teaching abroad with my students. My job might not pay much, but one nice perk is that I…

3 min readFeb 4, 2023

Bringing It Home: How to Make the Most of Studying Abroad

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How to Find Your Calling

Break up the big question of what to do with your life into three smaller questions, and include at least one friend as you answer them.

10 min readNov 25, 2022

Three overlapping circles on a chalkboard. Each circle has text. One circle says “What you would like your story to be.” The second circle says “What you do well.” The third says “What you enjoy.”

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How I Came to Love Insects

I carry a hand lens everywhere these days.

6 min readDec 23, 2022

Black and orange butterfly with white spots on green leaf.

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Watching The Fish

I love fish. And whenever I say that, most people assume I love either eating fish or catching them. But neither of those is what I mean.

5 min readDec 5, 2022

Photo of the sunrise, looking through a mangrove in Belize. Photo by David L. O’Hara, and copyright 2022.

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Spoiler Alert: How Your Story Ends

Story endings from J.R.R. Tolkien and George Eliot, and how our story continues

3 min readMar 15, 2024

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Designing A Classroom For Humans

The spaces we make will shape the way we teach and learn

4 min readFeb 27, 2024

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Playing the Gratitude Game

How a family gathering helped me to be more grateful

4 min readOct 11, 2023

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How (Not) To Deal With Someone Else’s Grief

I do not remember being hit in the head. But I’m told it was pretty bad.

3 min readApr 5, 2023

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What Machines Cannot Do For Me

2 min readApr 5, 2023