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National School Walkout Day
National School Walkout Today, April 20, 2018, students and educators across the country are participating in the National School Walkout. This day is all about finding ways to secure our schools, and help them be safe learning environments. That’s all any of us want to be, is to keep schools as a safe, sacred place. There are a lot of politics involved, and although I don’t shy away from discussing what I feel and believe, that isn’t what this post is about. I’m not focused on any particular bill, or people fighting for their second amendment right. If you believe in something, fight for it. So, that’s what…
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Teaching Isn’t Always Rainbows and Butterflies
I have been holding on to this post for a while. I had a very difficult time at work, the worst of my career. My anxiety spiked so high, every day I considered walking out and never returning. Some of the time, I was just sitting there staring at the students thinking, “It can’t get any worse. It can’t get any worse. They can’t be serious. This can’t be real.” I gave all my oxygen to people that could breathe I gave away my money and now we don’t even speak I drove miles and miles, but would you do the same for me? Save Myself by Ed Sheeran…