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History teacher by day, nerd with too many hobbies by night. Mom 24/7
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I tell my students that if I ask myself questions like this while I'm reading their work, they're not being clear enough and it reads like they don't know what they're talking about.
"Many advocates" — who are those advocates? why are they significant?
"as it is known" — known by who? advocates? critics?
"it forced" — who is it? what specific people or institutions? are they significant or of consequence?
"as it is known" — known by who? advocates? critics?
"it forced" — who is it? what specific people or institutions? are they significant or of consequence?
February 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I tell my students that if I ask myself questions like this while I'm reading their work, they're not being clear enough and it reads like they don't know what they're talking about.
All these people worried about teachers acknowledging trans kids are going to be upset when their adult kids just stop acknowledging them.
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
All these people worried about teachers acknowledging trans kids are going to be upset when their adult kids just stop acknowledging them.
Very different today...(I live in the Florida panhandle)
January 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Very different today...(I live in the Florida panhandle)
Morning visitor
January 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Morning visitor
I got a bird feeder with a motion camera in it and finally got my first visitor.
December 31, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I got a bird feeder with a motion camera in it and finally got my first visitor.
Knowing history (and realizing how much I don't know) can sometimes be a comfort and sometimes be a curse. Some days I get to say "we've been through worse before" and some days it's more "oh, well this is new for us."
December 21, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Knowing history (and realizing how much I don't know) can sometimes be a comfort and sometimes be a curse. Some days I get to say "we've been through worse before" and some days it's more "oh, well this is new for us."
Reagan getting shot
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 18, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Reagan getting shot
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My love language is a quaint bookstore on a rainswept cobblestone side street in Edinburgh.
December 13, 2024 at 5:35 PM
My love language is a quaint bookstore on a rainswept cobblestone side street in Edinburgh.
The woman in this article is a teacher in the next county over. She's managed to get far too many books removed from school libraries and is moving on to public libraries. According to former students, she also kept a confederate flag in her classroom for years.
bookriot.com/escambia-cou...
bookriot.com/escambia-cou...
They Came For The School Library. Now They're At The Public Library in Escambia County, Florida
What happens at the schools does not stop at the schools. Book banners move the goal posts to the public library.
bookriot.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
The woman in this article is a teacher in the next county over. She's managed to get far too many books removed from school libraries and is moving on to public libraries. According to former students, she also kept a confederate flag in her classroom for years.
bookriot.com/escambia-cou...
bookriot.com/escambia-cou...
Same
All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a raging snowstorm, and Agatha Christie novel, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, and a basket of emotional support pastries.
November 26, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Same
Every year since 2022, instead of resolutions, I've chosen a focus word to guide my yearly goals. Past options have been whimsy, curiosity, and cozy. I hate it, but I think this year it might need to be security.
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Every year since 2022, instead of resolutions, I've chosen a focus word to guide my yearly goals. Past options have been whimsy, curiosity, and cozy. I hate it, but I think this year it might need to be security.
I saw a thing once that said no woman should eat a whole bagel by herself. I think about that a lot. Mostly when I'm eating a whole bagel with both cream cheese and raspberry preserves on it.
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
I saw a thing once that said no woman should eat a whole bagel by herself. I think about that a lot. Mostly when I'm eating a whole bagel with both cream cheese and raspberry preserves on it.