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The author reflects on the changes and stagnations over 23 years since 9/11, highlighting ongoing societal issues like dependency on foreign oil, political division, and rights struggles. They hope for a better future while observing the Memorial Morning with personal traditions.
Work it Out When I was teaching high school back in the Aughts, this is what near-daily conversations with my husband used to sound like: him: you need to do something for the stress. me: like quit? him: no, like work out. me (stressed): and when do you think I should do that? While I…
The Importance of Being in Error So much of our teaching life is focused on getting students to get the right answers that it’s all to easy to ignore the importance of mistakes. One thing that was rarely—if ever—stressed in my teacher training was self-reflection. How’d the lesson go today? What went right? What went…