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THE POTENTIAL OF AN INTROSPECTIVE WEEK
NOTE ADDED ON 12/12/2017: Even I make mistakes. The Chamber of Commerce Report Card is actually scheduled to be released next Tuesday. Everything I wrote holds true. Sorry for the mix up. Last week, if you’ll recall, the week started… Read More ›
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THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
This week closed a little better than it started. For as much as we deride social media, it certainly has its benefits. On Wednesday, a young lady who had seen my Facebook post was out walking her dogs and spotted our… Read More ›
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HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY CARE?
I know, it’s Tuesday, and I usually publish on Monday. Unfortunately, this week started off with a bit of a challenge. Sunday morning, between 1 and 4 AM, my wife’s 2012 Subaru was stolen from our driveway. It’s perhaps one… Read More ›
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IT’S DECEMBER 1 AND I DON’T HAVE A CLEVER TITLE.
Another week comes to a close as we get another day closer to Christmas. I’m just amazed at how fast this year has flown by. In a blink, it will be 2018. Here at DGW land, we are caught up… Read More ›
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THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS
Welcome back to school and hopefully everyone had a wonderful holiday. Personally, I’m a little melancholy today as over the holidays, I received news that one of my favorite high school teachers, Mr. Demarest, passed away. He was a good,… Read More ›
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THANKSGIVING MNPS RUMINATIONS
I’m going to go ahead and write Friday’s blog post tonight because, well frankly, I have the time. We spent this Thanksgiving at my wife’s parent’s house. The celebration this year was especially joyous as my mother-in-law is on the… Read More ›
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THANKSGIVING WEEK KICKOFF
This being Thanksgiving week and all, I thought I would start the week off by saying thank you to all the wonderful public school educators who have really helped me over the past year get a better understanding of how… Read More ›
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TESTING…1…2…3…TESTING
I remember when I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to be a grown-up. Adults got to do cool things and go to cool places. They got to hold these really interesting conversations. Adults seemed so worldly and so wise…. Read More ›
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SURVEYING THE EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE
Sorry about the delay in getting this one out. I just felt that focusing on the well written comment from over the weekend by an educator was more important than getting a typical beginning of the week post out. If… Read More ›
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FROM THE COMMENTS TO THE FRONT PAGE
One of the factors that motivates me to continue this blog is that it has become a voice for Nashville’s professional educators. They say that those who can’t, teach. I say those who can’t, start blogs and hope that teachers… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 