My Education Experience

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Monday, December 30, 2024

Weekly Reader

When I was in elementary school, I loved when the latest Weekly Reader came out. Weekly Reader was a kids magazine that wrote about the news on a level us youngsters could understand. Teachers would go over the issues in class, and we would have classroom discussions. Those were the days. Because of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 27, 2024

School Trivia

The time had come for school trivia. This was another one in which I intended to keep my head down and my mouth shut. And that is what I did. I found out I knew a lot of school trivia, actually. Reading the school's history in the student handbook was something that I never thought would be anything... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 23, 2024

Santa After Amanda

In my later high school years, my grandmother had a small mechanical Santa holding a tray. When the family would exchange gifts at its annual Christmas party, Grandma would put one's gift on the Santa and drive the Santa up to them. The best year for that was when Ann got ahold of it. She used the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 20, 2024

Brother Fred, Mr. Wilers and Jeopardy!

Family Feud during Field Day was uneventful. That was how I liked it. The types who were willing to talk took it over. Great. I could sit there and not have to worry about embarrassing myself. Then it was onto Jeopardy!, moderated by Mr. Wilers and Brother Fred. I have talked about those two before.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 16, 2024

Thank You, Mr. Hanks

My favorite Christmas song is "The Snow Miser/Heat Miser Song" from The Year Without a Santa Claus. During junior year on the last day of school before Christmas break, we got to watch the movie in Mr. Hanks' Algebra II. I wanted to hear that song so badly but realized we would not have time. Mr.... Sign in to see full entry.

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