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"I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to 'cut back.' From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible."
(Erma Bombeck)

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Entries from May 1, 2010 - May 31, 2010

Sunday
May232010

"Never place a period where God has placed a comma"

The above quote is attributed to comedienne Gracie Allen. Some of you may be too young to know who Gracie Allen was (well, she was before MY time as well), but I remember seeing clips of Gracie and her husband, comedian George Burns, many times while I was growing up in the 60s.

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Friday
May072010

My life as a high school teacher: Month Two

I’ve now spent over a month working as a high school teacher and I’ve been thinking about all of the people who told me, “Most teachers feel like quitting the first year, sometimes into their second or third years.” Many people have also told me that they didn’t feel they had a handle on teaching until years after they started.

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