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Teacher-tested, Student-approved
I seem to always be running late in the morning, which means I do a shoddy job of packing my food for the day. This means I end up taking an oatmeal packet or a half-eaten bag of crackers for lunch....
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A Word for 2012
I first heard about the “One Little Word” project from Lynne, who chose the word ‘perspective’ to guide her year. I’ve been thinking about what my word would be ever since I read Lynne’s post. I had a...
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Today I’d Like to Talk About Potatoes
Why potatoes, you ask? Great question. And since “because they’re ridiculously, amazingly good” isn’t quite going to cut it here, I’ll offer up a bit more. Potatoes: because we survived Monday....
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We Now Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Program
Oh, HI there, friends. Remember how I talked about balance? And how that was my word of the year? I’ve been trying to get myself some of that lately. It didn’t go too well last week. Here’s a quick...
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Families are a Pasta Dish
I had student-led-conferences last week. SLC’s, as we call them, are different than your typical night of parent-teacher conferences; the students are required to come to them, and they are the ones...
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I’ve Heard Some Really Strange Things
People say strange things. Without further ado, here are the top four strange things that were said to me in the last week: 1. From a student, at the start of class: “You’re on the hunt for a...
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Keeping Time on My Side
I like the imagery of competing in a sporting match against time. It wouldn’t really matter what sport it was, but for some reason I keep picturing a volleyball match with me on one side of the court,...
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The Truest Community
This is how it started. This is how it ended. Frightening, I know. I cooked for the largest group of people I’ve ever cooked for before. There were 60 people, 2 giant pots of soup, 2 enormous bowls of...
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13 Years, And It Still Isn’t Over
It’s been 13 years since I rode in a car past Clement Park and watched in confusion as I saw my classmates running towards us. The first people I noticed were dressed in their gym clothes; I thought...
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Another Year Wiser
I turn 30 tomorrow. Contrary to how popular media tells me I should feel, I’m not nervous or anxious. It will feel a bit strange, not to be in my 20′s anymore, but it will be okay. As I think about...
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