Author Archives
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BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A TEACHER?
“It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.” – Jonathan Swift “Had a doctor tell me I ought to quit this stuff [bourbon] because it was affecting… Read More ›
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FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM
“I felt that if a man’s proposals met with approval, it should encourage him; if they met with opposition, it should make him fight back; but the real tragedy for him was to lift up his voice among the living… Read More ›
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TIME TO EMBARK ON A SEARCH
“Well that’s very kind of you, but voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are. Instead, they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.” ― Sam Cook “Never confuse movement with action.” ―… Read More ›
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TEACHER ATTRITION CONTINUES UNABATED
“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.” ― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth “Talk sense to… Read More ›
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YEP…STILL HERE
“I just want to stay curious and keep smiling like the Joker” – Heath Ledge “It’s hard to have anything, isn’t it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.” ― Thomas Harris, Red… Read More ›
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WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING PLAN
“Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.” ― Beverly Cleary “It takes a busload of faith to get by.” ― Lou Reed, Lou Reed’s New York When I started… Read More ›
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AN EXPERT AT EVERY TURN
“It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.” ― Longfellow “What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself to society, aims to find… Read More ›
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THE WINDS OF CHANGE CONTINUE TO BLOW THROUGH
The Lines On My Face They Weren’t There Before But I’m Wiser I’m Stronger From All Ofthe Life I’ve Been Through (I’ve Been Through) Oh And If One Things For Sure I Don’t Want To Be 20 Anymore – Bebe… Read More ›
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IF YOU WANT TO FILL THE TEACHER BUCKET, FIX THE HOLES.
“Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.” ― Barbra Streisand “Moths swarmed around the parking lot lamps, banging into the glass with… Read More ›
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SHORT ON DAYS, BUT NOT ON NEWS
“Not being heard is no reason for silence.” ― Hugo, Victor, Les Misérables “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” ― Michelle Obama, Becoming This may have… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 