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Friday, November 15, 2024

No Lifeguard on Duty

There were gym classes that were supposed to be in the pool. The reason I write "supposed to be" is because they did not occur. Maryland law required there to be a lifeguard at all school pools. My high school did not have a certified lifeguard. Misters Binds and Fritz were not certified lifeguards.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Change Change

Every so often, my Outlook, which houses my Loyola University Maryland email account, will undergo a cosmetic chain. The lates change was condensing the size of the To, Cc and Add a subject boxes. Whenever a change happens, I do not like it at first. It takes some time getting used to. Then I get... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 8, 2024

The Definition of Illegal

I did not know anything about water polo when we started the unit. For all I knew, it was like regular polo except it was in water with horses. Not so. Water polo is a goal-oriented game where the object is to throw the ball into the goal past the goalkeeper. The game could also be called Kill the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

The Giving Tree

2008. The most depressing book I ever read was The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The book follows a boy through his life as he continually takes from the tree, going so far as to cut down the tree. I was tutoring eight-year-old Brian Gabber when he pulled the book out of his backpack. "You're... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

The Water Fountain

All of this writing about my sophomore gym class got me to thinking about the popularity of the water fountain in elementary and middle school. The line would be long to the water fountain. We were only allowed quick sips. That did not mean there were greedy hogs who held up the line. Worse yet,... Sign in to see full entry.

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