My Education Experience

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Deonte Bush

Deonte Bush was a laidback classmate of mine. We were in Awareness and Mr. Tomlison's World History I together. I liked him. He always had a friendly greeting, and I liked his mellowness. I remember in Awareness he asked Mrs. Kenilworth why the East Coasters were more reserved than the West... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 10, 2020

Talking with Tomlison

I had few interactions with Mr. Tomlison during the two years I took with him. I preferred it that way. With me focusing on World History I, I will talk about some interactions with him that were of significance. Both just so happened to occur in February 2001. When I was sick, I missed a history... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Extra Credit

Out of all the teachers I had during my school life, Mr. Tomlison gave the most extra credit. Not only were there extra credit questions to quizzes, we had entire quizzes that were extra credit. Anything you got right was extra credit. Sometimes, homework was extra credit. At least once a week, my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 4, 2020

Insult Comic

The best way to describe Mr. Tomlison was that he was an insult comic. If he did not like you, he would ride you through the school year. That is what happened to Ben Johnson. We would exchange quizzes for our peers to grade them. I had a classmate named Shane Nixon. Shane was pulling in the 60s.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 1, 2020

The Cut Man

Mr. Tomlison's father had been a legendary lacrosse coach in my high school during the 1960s and 1970s. His father was such a great coach to where the expectation was a championship. Mr. Tomlison replaced his father as lacrosse coach in middle 1970s, when my father attended the school. Cutting... Sign in to see full entry.

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