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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Birthday, Brian, First Job and Father's Day

First off, thanks for all of the birthday wishes last week. On Tuesday I had a wonderful birthday celebration. Dinner was with Mom, Dad and sister Ann. We had steak, broccoli and steamed shrimp. For dessert I had Mom's homemade cookies. As we ate I had a lot of fun sitting around the dinner table,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

My Birthday Tomorrow: Twenty-Five Years on this Rock

Tomorrow is my twenty-fifth birthday. Monday will proceed as a normal day. I will work, play twilight golf with Dad and former coworker Steve Redder in the early evening and will watch the television show Pawn Stars. Tuesday is when I will have my birthday celebration. I will be having dinner with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Getting Ready to Teach

This is a series of entries I am doing about the path I took towards becoming a teacher in college to where I ultimately decided not to become a teacher. The link to all the entries is at the bottom of this entry here. This is the thirty-seventh entry. I walked into the Spring 2007 Semester an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Did I Want the House?

"Aunt Sandra wants to know if you would be willing to buy your grandmother's house," Mom asked me while I was doing payroll in her home office. The date was April 7th, twelve days after Grandma suddenly passed away in her bathroom. I had wondered what Mom and my aunt were going to do with Grandma's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Why Teachers Put Down Students

Today I would like to look at why some teachers put down their students. I am very much against teachers using put downs against their students. Take for example the first reason that has come to my mind. Most of the teachers that use putdowns do so because of academic performance. A student may not... Sign in to see full entry.

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