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Jun 24 2008

Thank You Friends

Donate Now As I’m packing my bags tonight to fly out for my aunt’s memorial service, I’m drawn to writing once more. This time, amidst my feelings of loss and shock, because I feel lucky. I am so lucky to have people in my life that are connected to me through friendship or shared purpose…

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Donate Now Today I understand what it feels like to be part of a statistic. As a teacher, I saw people turn my students into faceless numbers. They talk about them in a way that evokes no passion and calls to mind no important memories. Today I understand what it feels like to be part…

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Jun 18 2008

Slow to know

Apparently, this interesting video from the folks at EDin08 has been available since January. Shame on me for not knowing about it.

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Jun 06 2008

An offer to a student against the odds

Dear G…, I wanted to write you to let you know how proud I am of all your hard work this year. You have shown that you have the ability to be an excellent student. Your hard work on projects during the year and your awesome grade on the end-of-year test are proof of your…

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