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a Teach for America science teacher in St. Louis
Donate Now What an exciting year to move to St. Louis, Mo. This past weekend, the Gateway City with it’s gleaming Arch (which just turned 41) took a title away from Detroit, Mich. I know what’s racing through your head right now… the Cardinals‘ exciting victory Friday over the Tigers to take the World Series…
read more »Donate Now The rocket launcher has been un-stolen. Un-stolen, you ask? Well, apparently, it was never stolen. After no official results from the video tape, I got word on Monday afternoon that the principal might know where the launcher was. Apparently it had been found in a trashcan. In my mind, I had visions of…
read more »Often times, I find myself to the point of near laughing at the crazy things I seem to encounter here in St. Louis. Preview for this issue: classroom switch-a-roo, rocket launch, hitting a dog, threatened by a parent…
read more »After last week’s over-excellent turn of events, I decided to leave town to visit my best friend in Indiana. This was a good choice. I was able to separate mentally and physically from St. Louis. At 11:30 a.m. Monday I got an email (thank goodness I happen to check) that the next day I would…
read more »Sometimes things seem to fall into place in odd ways. Other times, it seems like things are being guided into place in odd ways. I think that my transfer was an example of the second. On Friday, I was sad. I was bummed. I was all the normal things that would happen when you get…
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