My Education Experience

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Time to Discern

I saw online that my high school recently hosted a retreat at a De La Salle Brothers retreat house, focused on vocation discernment and deepening one’s faith. Fifteen students chose to attend this optional retreat. Reading that truly warms my heart. The Catholic Church deeply needs religious... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 30, 2025

When I Passed the Test

July 2002. I took my driver’s test for the third time—and failed. Once again, the left front cone got me during the parallel parking section. Still, the test administrator that day was a nice guy, a jovial fellow who was a much better person than the first two. If I were ever a test administrator,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

No Team

You might think my love of golf would have led to me to trying out for the golf team in high school - it did not. I did not feel I was good enough to try out for the team. Also, the thought of interacting with people was incredibly unnerving for a shy guy like me. Ironically, the golf team was bad,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Round 2 - Driver's Test

There I was, back the next day—round 2 of the driver’s ed test. Mr. Purlio and I had met up the night before—the day I failed the first time—and practiced the turnabout I froze on. I was back in business. I knew I would pass this time. The parallel parking went well, too. I felt like I had developed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Casey Farmer 1948-2025

I found out Casey Farmer passed away last week. Casey was my mentor during my high school student teaching internship. I am forever grateful to have sat under Casey's learning tree as an impressionable student teacher. When her portion of the internship ended, I did feel a sadness because my time... Sign in to see full entry.

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