My Education Experience

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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

College College College

When I entered junior year, my high school emphasized college. From a timing standpoint, it makes sense. The SAT's can be taken during junior year. Colleges consider a student's performance during the second half of junior year along with the first semester of senior year. Then there is the business... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Signing the Cast

I remember the days in school when someone would break a bone requiring a cast. As soon as they came to school, classmates would sign the cast. I don’t ever remember signing someone’s cast, although I know I had to. So many of my peers broke something. Fortunately, I was not the one accumulating... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Foot Pain

It started with a dull pain in the ball of my left foot. My family and I were on our annual Myrtle Beach vacation in July 2002. I shrugged it off, figuring I had stepped on something and that the pain would heal on its own. As the months went by, the pain slowly increased. I went from assuming it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 24, 2026

Taking into Account Personal Situations

When it comes to the De La Salle Brothers' assignments at my high school, personal situations of specific Brothers are taken into account. Brother Bruce Fellow was assigned after his father passed away so that he could be close to his mother. Then there were two brothers assigned after my tenure.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

When We Called the Police

The beginning of my junior year of high school was marked by the terror of the DC Sniper attacks carried out by and accomplice. Despite the fear surrounding the Baltimore-Washington area at the time, none of the Baltimore-area schools took any noticeable precautions, nor do I remember much debate... Sign in to see full entry.

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