Tag: education
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March 18, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
Growing up down on the bayous, I can remember the snickers of folks at the class reunion knocking the education we received. This appalled me but some folks absorb things differently. . . . more
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April 09, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
When I was seven years old, my mother dropped me at the library. She did this every Saturday morning. I was to find a book and take it home for the week.
On this particular week, I was feeling brave, . . . more
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April 24, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --
I was an honors student in High School. You never admit such things in school, but I loved school and I loved learning. I excelled in every class -- except biology. I liked biology, but I just . . . more
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March 16, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
Marie "Bonnie" Alder retired last year. It is true that she left behind some students who just might not make it and hallways in need of her smile, but she also left behind students who want . . . more
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July 12, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Beginning next month, HarperCollins will be featuring the best of their nonfiction books and authors in the new group Great Reads on Gather. Great Reads will introduce you to at least two new authors each . . . more
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March 18, 2007 11:29 PM EDT --
I dropped out of high school at the age of 16. At 18 I took the GED test and received my equivalency diploma. At 26 I decided it was time to go back to school. I enrolled at Waubonsee Community College . . . more
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March 29, 2007 03:35 PM EDT --
I have been blessed with many excellent, caring teachers through the years. High on the list is my high school Latin teacher, Mrs. Pokorny. This dear lady taught Latin - with a German accent. I can . . . more
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March 15, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
September 1956. The schoolhouse was a block of red brick on the treeless Texas Panhandle plains. It stood stolidly at the end of a narrow paved road with a playground to the south and a baseball . . . more
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April 21, 2007 03:03 AM EDT --
I don’t particularly like school uniforms, which I had to wear for the four years I attended a parochial elementary school. I was delivered from the uniform obligation when I transferred to public . . . more
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April 21, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
Recently I orchastrated a "Panel Discussion on Islam" at my local community college. (Although I have graduated, I remain active in bringing culture and education to the community.) . . . more
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April 16, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
Bill Bradley's New American Story is an intriguing yarn, spot on in some places and patchy in others. It's clear that Senator Bradley talked to a few smart people before he put together his proposals; . . . more
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April 21, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
I am rounding the home stretch to my teaching degree. This choice in vocational calling developed early but was placed on the backburner to provide for my family, nonetheless the desire . . . more
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April 23, 2007 03:05 AM EDT --
Well Carl, no manuscipt ever seems ready. I go over mine several times, my wife is excellent in grammar and spelling spends hours on it. Then I send to my editor who proceeds to point . . . more
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April 24, 2007 10:01 PM EDT --
My pop pass away and i decide that mom should have something too keep her company while im at work so she and i want too the local animal shelter. We looked at hundreds of pets, tons of cats two rooms . . . more
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April 27, 2007 05:17 AM EDT --
Sweaty palms, sleepless study nights, when you do sleep, you toss and turn, nightmares of finding out there was a class you enrolled in but never attended. Your brain is on overload. Then . . . more
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May 13, 2007 02:53 AM EDT --
I thought I'd start hear and end they're. Wear will it all end? Several years ago, in a far aweigh land lived a short phat woman who wove tapestry four a living. Somethymes . . . more
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March 20, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
As a professional in the field of education, I have often wondered what impact I have had on the students with whom I interact. Here is a story that illuminates what the influence . . . more
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February 06, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
"I don't think writing is an art. I think it's sometimes raised to an art, but basically it's a craft, like cabinet making or carpentry." William Zinsser, On Writing Well
No . . . more
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March 20, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
I can't think of any one particular School Teacher that impacted my life. Though, there are a handful of teachers that I'll never forget.
The person whom has taught me the most is my eight year . . . more
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April 11, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
My Mom stood up for me so many times that I can't recall them all. I'm sure she also stood up for me many more times than I even know about.
Three times that particular stand . . . more
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