Monday, April 16, 2018
The Arrival of April
April was when I was chomping at the bit for the spring semester to end when I was in college. That first burst of warm weather had me wanting to do outdoorsy activities rather than to be in a classroom. With the end of the semester near in early May, I would want to get through my final projects...
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Sunday, April 15, 2018
Material/Non-Material
Friday, August 31, 2007. Sally Warner scheduled me to teach my first lesson that school year. I was feeling very stoked. After Sally inundating her students with rules, my mind was starting to turn to mush. Her scheduling me for a lesson saved my brain if anything else. Now I would get to teach the...
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Monday, April 2, 2018
Two Easters
I got to celebrate two Easter meals this past weekend. The first one was hosted by me on Saturday. My parents, Ann and Aunt Sandra came. Uncle Richard was supposed to come, but he got into a car accident. Apparently, he botched a two-way stop. He is physically fine but was feeling down about it...
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Sunday, April 1, 2018
Lesson Block
Some teachers taught me in school to never say that everyone does or does not do something. "There are bound to be exceptions. Therefore, everyone does not apply in those instances," they would say. In my writing, I have remembered that. I do feel comfortable writing, though, that every writer has...
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Monday, March 26, 2018
Not What I Expected
June 2005. Dad and I were driving from Baltimore to Toronto. To drive from Baltimore to Toronto requires taking rural roads. Much to my surprise, there was a sign for a rest stop. We both needed to go to the bathroom. Having been to plenty of rest stops along I-95 and I-70, I expected to see a major...
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