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Lenten Vows
I didn’t grow up with Lent. Actually, being from Western Pennsylvania where a full 50% of all residents are Catholic and an imposing stone Catholic church dots many of the corners in my small hometown, I can’t imagine my formerly-Catholic-later-evangelical-independent-Bible-Church father smiling on any such observance. He wasn’t a real big fan of the religious identity attached to him by…
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Can’t make this stuff up
Bruce: My laptop is dead…. Me: What happened? Bruce: It committed– What’s the name of the Japanese thing? Me: You mean ritual suicide? Bruce: Yeah! That! Kama Sutra! My laptop committed kama sutra. Me: I think you mean hari kari….. *snort*
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…and thanks for all the fish
Dear friends, On Friday, Joey announced via email to the NCS family that Coart & I will be moving into new jobs at the end of this school year. We are excited about Coart’s opportunity to pursue his UGA PhD in Social Foundations of Education full-time. For him to be able to be in school…
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Teaching The Hunger Games series
There are some bandwagons worth jumping on, and Suzanne Collins’s YA series The Hunger Games proved worthy of the hype. Currently Reading The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set By Suzanne Collins see related To catch up on the story (if you’ve missed it) Together the 3 books tell the life of Katness Everdeen, a 16 year old…
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An Open Letter to Parents of School-Aged Children
I’ve been teaching for 10 years, and while I’ve got a ton of things yet to learn, I’d like to share a few realizations that will help you and your kid have a much better experience with school. I’m feeling a lot more Yankee right now, so apologies for how “blunt” this is. 🙂 A…
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