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>25 yrs social studies teacher. Quaker liberal. Leaves on the Current is beloved spouse / closest friend. Mastodon: @teacherken@newsie.social Countersocial: @teacherken
Location: Arlington, VA
Groups: Social Security Defenders, DKos Military Veterans, Teachers Lounge, Military Community Members of Daily Kos, NetrootsNation, Street Prophets, Virginia Kos, Education Alternatives, DK Feeding America
Diaries published: 4990 (52 days since last diary on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 08:07 AM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Some news about me . . . (update at end), 557 comments, 1259 recommends
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Today is my last day, because I had already assigned work in a couple of classes, and I have an obligation to grade that work and enter it into the grading and attendance program. I tried yesterday, but it was clear in my first two periods that the...
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 08:07 AM PDT
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I am not quite sure how to write this. Perhaps a little background first. For the four school years 2019-2022 I taught at a well-known Catholic high school where I was given complete freedom to teach as I saw fit. I was respected by the community. I...
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Not necessarily for that picture. I can think of two pictures in which the actors appearing during their careers won a total of 8 Oscars Bad Day at Black Rock won no acting Oscars. Spencer Tracy had two Best Actor Oscars. Walter Brennan had 3 Best...
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and since the crab is the zodiac sign of cancer, hence that image. But let me explain. I noticed some blood in my urine. I note I have a somewhat enlarged prostate so I reached out to my urologist for a check. He decided to do a cytoscopy on me and...
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on Wed Aug 16, 2023 at 04:57 PM PDT
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I thought that by now I would, at age 77, be completely retired, and by January we would make our planned move to the Life Care Community we have selected in Kennett Square PA, about which I wrote here In February my wife informed me that she thought...
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on Sun Jul 23, 2023 at 12:05 PM PDT
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Watch the greatest athletic performance ever. Really. Watch:
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- Democrats should pay attention to Marcus Jones' sizzling debut campaign ad for Arkansas 2nd districtMarcus Jones is a retired Army colonel who is running as a Democrat against five-term Republican French Hill in Arkansas’ second congressional district. It’s the least Republican district in the state thanks to heavily Democratic Little Rock, but it’s...76 comments 571 Recs
- The New York Times' new examination of the ties between the now-indicted Donald Trump and Australian multibillionaire Anthony Pratt, the man Trump is alleged to have divulged U.S. nuclear submarine ...261 comments 788 Recs
