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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Pencil Law

I took World Religions and Relationships, two semester long courses, with Mr. Mack during my senior year of high school. Before we were going to be taking a scantron quiz, which could only be taken with number two pencils, Mr. Mack imparted his knowledge of The Pencil Law, which he himself learned... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

On the Home Front

I have not blogged much about non-work events since April. That is not to say that most of spring, summer and autumn thus far have been boring on the home front. Plenty of interesting things occurred during that time period. What my lack of blogs about things on the home front stems from has to do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

"Who's Going to Take Care of You?"

One time, back in 2005, I was in Mom and Dad's front yard, talking to Brian Gabber as Josh Gabber talked to my mother. Josh had come to fix the air conditioning to the second floor of the house and had brought Brian. "Where's your mother going?" Brian casually asked. He was five. "To pick my sister... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

"Welcome to Teaching"

"Time to hand in your assignments," I said to Casey Farmer's first period American Government class. I was met with blank stares. Not one person was reaching into a backpack, binder or folder. "Did anyone do the assignment?" I calmly asked, already well-aware of what the answer was going to be. Here... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Get It Wrong

When Ann was in ninth grade, she did not like her American Government teacher. From what she told me, many of her peers shared her sentiment. According to her, he was condescending towards the students. One the day of a quiz, the teacher said as he handed out the quizzes, "Question number one is... Sign in to see full entry.

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