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Sitting Down
The radical act of not helping.
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Magical Thinking
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Sticks and Stones
“You absolutely must have faith in yourself, that what you need to talk about is important, and that a reader will care about it. You have to go into…
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Once Upon a Transfer
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When Your Story Crumbles
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When You're Just Too Much
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Totally Eclipsing, Middle School Style
Solar eclipse day at a middle school is a once and a life time experience NOT to be missed. On eclipse day, the pervasive mood in the halls is extra…
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The Push & Pull of Parenthood
I have a strong desire to spend time with my children. They are glorious creatures with wild, untamable curls. Both have an unbridled enthusiasm and…
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When You're Just Too Much
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re just too much? Like, right after you say something, do you ever sense that maybe a few people in the room want…
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This Life
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Smallness
An examination of disordered eating.
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The Curricular Question
What should a teacher do when they don't buy into their district's mandated curriculum?
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It is Super Bowl SUNDAY
..and I DO NOT care.
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Normal People
...is the best thing I've ever seen.
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What We Miss
A collaboration of missing Lois Soglin.
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