My Education Experience

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Good Old Jacob

February 2002. I was a bundle of nerves after George Millard's dominance and humiliation of me at wrestling. The next gym class was scary. Who was going to dominate me then? I could not root for snow. The six-day cycle picked up once school resumed. Feigning an injury was never considered.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 16, 2024

Public, Private or Homeschool?

If I had children, would I want them to go to public school, private school or be homeschooled? For me, I would want them in private school. I am happy with the Catholic education I received, so I would want that for them. If I did feel a child of mine would have more success in public school, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Dominated

The wrestling unit started off with Mr. Fritz doing the talking. First off, we had to get weighed so that when we were paired off to wrestle, we were not in a mis-match. "How much do you think you weigh?" Mr. Fritz asked to which I replied, "One hundred eighty-five." We got on the scale. An... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

Lasted a Lifetime

When I was a kid, summer vacation felt like it lasted a lifetime. The freedom away from school felt like it was never going to end. Of course, summer vacation would end, and it was onto the following school year. I would say that come high school, the feeling that summer vacation would last forever... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Going into Wrestling

I am a professional wrestling fan. As a younger kid (middle school) my best friend Fred and I would wrestle each other. You would think then that I was looking forward to the gym unit on wrestling. I was not. I had mentioned before that a lot of my peers hit the weight room. I had not. I had no... Sign in to see full entry.

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