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October 2, 2009
- Very excited today. My 3rd session in my Bachelor's degree program starts on Monday. I received my Text book today (one of the classes has E-books). The two classes I'm taking this session are "Criminology" and "Corrections Solutions." I am thoroughly loving this Criminal Justice Program. No, I'm 46, and have no plans of heading to the police academy after this ...
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September 18, 2009
- ____________________________________________ During that proud, petulant year my father left And I became a punk, nothing could touch me, Certainly not Mr. Chase, fifth period English, Who wore ratty sweaters like my father And even resembled him a bit, ashen Around the temples, quick to become impatient. Armed with chalk he rapped and squeaked a swath Of hexameter ...
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September 17, 2009
- In a time when our adult children are purportedly raising a generation of spoiled me-me-mine-mine offspring, I find myself climbing on my soapbox and disputing this claim by heartwarming example.Protocol at my eight-year-old granddaughter’s school is such that if a student forgets his, or her, lunch money or hasn’t sufficient funds remaining on their lunch account, that child is served the ...
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September 16, 2009
- This essay was filed for the "forgiveness" blog competition, and has now been removed due to the sensitive, personal, and emotionally charged nature of its content.
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September 8, 2009
- As the furor goes on over Obama talking to kids in school, we return from Labor Day weekend and say good-bye to another summer (unofficially, of course). A lot has happened over the last week or so, the school speech not being the least significant among them. So what's the big deal?Well, a bunch of Republicans are getting their panties in a bunch over the President speaking to school kids, ...
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September 5, 2009
- Last week's blog topic was "Back to School"--a notion that's on most people's minds, in one way or another, at this time of year: many Red Room bloggers are teachers and/or students, many have kids in school, and all of us have memories of classrooms, lessons, and teachers (good and bad). Here are the three bloggers we chose to feature his week: Farzana Versey shares a memory of ...
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September 5, 2009
- I have lost touch with all but three of the friends I had at school, before the place changed from Rough Northern Boys’ Grammar School to co-ed sixth form college. Even now when we meet, we might, given sufficient lubrication, give you our rendition of the Old School Song. Here is the chorus: We’re sons of the school, We’ll hold fast the rule, With hearty zest We’ll do our best For ...
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September 4, 2009
- It's time for back to school only my son doesn't jump on the bus with the rest of the kids. He's a home school student. So what, you say. Lot's of people home school their kids. Well here's the truly amazing thing. My son has chosen to take all of his classes through the Florida Virtual School. Our district is tied in with them this year so there is no issue of the credits counting ...
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September 3, 2009
- Ever watch a droplet of water on the counter? How it holds together until touched and then runs away? That's how I feel today, only I call it a tear. I feel like one giant tear. If you touch me, the water will run everywhere; and I'll disappear. Today is my last day at a school I helped build in a community that needed my sophistication and expertise. I was president of their ...
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September 3, 2009
- Teacher A grey haired cranky stern woman, With a sarcastic tongue and quick temper has Joanne, And a cheeky nature with no sense of humor is Miss Lane, She likes to scream a lot especially at male kids, All talking in class she strictly forbids. ...
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