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When I started my program at Hopkins, I started in DC, where I met a funky, tattooed writer with two-tone hair who made jewelry and reluctantly lived in the DC suburb of Alexandria so her daughter could attend the better schools there. We bonded immediately, and in the two short years that I commuted to DC for class, I did so with a higher purpose ( Read more... ) -
Selling to Family
So my husband and I tried to show our house to a friend, a friend who lives in "the county." She said she wanted to live in "the city," it's a real dream for some county-dwellers. Until they get here.
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I'll Play That Card
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Momma Bear tells her cub to stop whining and suck it up...
... a new bedtime story for adults ( Read more... ) -
And Which Road Took Me Here?
Since I've been shopping around for a new job in--of all professions--education, I've been forced to reflect, to finally reflect, on what this profession really means to me. I've grown quite complacent after eleven years in the same district, and seven in the same school. In seven years, this school became my home, the most consistent thing in my ( Read more... ) -
It's Just Another Day
We haven't walked the dog together much this weekend except for yesterday, and even then it was a quick one--up the hill at the fork, pause at the top for breath, wind back down through the woods to the Zen rock park behind those expensive "green" and glass townhouses that have finally started selling again since another group bought the ( Read more... ) -
Come, join the conversation! Just don't say anything, please...
Finally, it's happening! With the help of the New Yorker and that long-revered institution of higher learning, the University of Phoenix, rich New Yorkers will finally have the chance to spread their altruistic wings by joining forces with CEOs, film producers, education policy "experts," and other suit-wearing wankers to discuss the future of ( Read more... )