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Saturday, November 14, 2020

Platelet Ordeal

On Thursday, I had myself a platelet ordeal as the title indicates. I went to the Red Cross to do my platelet donation. The iron test came in at 12.4. You need to be at 13.0 to donate. A second test was done. That came back at 14.0. I was good to go. The big problem happened when my right arm was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Mr. Dell

I came to find out there was more to Mr. Dell than the asshole side I had seen from him. Sure, he has that way in lectures. Yes, he had been that way in orientation. I found him to be a nice guy, however. He was passionate about English. Unless you were someone who really hated English class, his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Going into English

I have written a lot over the years about how I graduated with a B.S. in history and had aspirations to be a history teacher. What I have not mentioned too much over the years is that my original plan was to be a double major and teach English as well. What happened was that Loyola University in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

A Middle School?

During freshman year, my high school explored the possibility of adding a middle school. A lot of its fellow Cathlic high schools also had a middle school or were K through 12. The reason for why I believe my high school explored a middle school addition was for football. HIgh schools that had a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 1, 2020

911

I forget if this was in history lecture freshman or sophomore history lecture. What I do know is that the lecture hall was crowded, and people were slow coming in. Mr. Tomlison came out and blasted us for being slow. We sauntered on in. A few minutes into lecture, Mr. Stenner came in. He looked mad.... Sign in to see full entry.

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