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Teacher in a Strange Land: The Return of the Tradteacher

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Teacher in a Strange Land: The Return of the Tradteacher Teacher in a Strange Land: The Return of the Tradteacher Been reading about the tradwife lately? Although explicit definitions vary, the general gist is returning to a post-war conception of a stay-at-home wife, most likely with children (or planning for children), in relationships where men make all the family decisions, and contr…

The Best Education Blog 399 2024-06-19

Should i buy a plot of land?

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Should i buy a plot of land? I have about 25k saved up in my savings account.. it makes 0.1 in interest yearly. (about $200 yearly) I also have another 5k in a brokerage trade account. I dont do any investing or stocks or anything, but i think it would be cool to invest in a plot of land. is the 25k in my savings enough for this, and do you think i would yield more in buyin…

Reddit Personal Finance 574 2024-06-15

Teacher in a Strange Land: What about Homeschooling?

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Teacher in a Strange Land: What about Homeschooling? Teacher in a Strange Land: What about Homeschooling? Families who choose to homeschool their children have never been on my negative/activist radar, as a veteran public school educator. I have had both positive and not-so-positive experiences with students who were homeschooled–from a pair of shy, well-behaved sisters who fit seaml…

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Land of the Violent

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Land of the Violent Does freedom for some depend on violence against others? The Rev. Lee Butler, president of Iliff School of Theology, shares his perspective on the violent history at the founding of the U.S. that continues to influence how we relate to one another today. The post Land of the Violent appeared first on Religion News Service.

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My Life in Opposite Land

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My Life in Opposite Land In Opposite Land, Oreos are a nutritious superfood. In Opposite Land, I have no unwanted facial hair. All of my facial hair is wanted. In Opposite Land, my job pays me obscene amounts of money. Unfortunately, money is virtually worthless here, so people burn it to keep cool in the long, hot days of winter. Here, instead of two white cats, I have…

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Teacher in a Strange Land: Woke/Not Woke

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Teacher in a Strange Land: Woke/Not Woke Teacher in a Strange Land: Woke/Not Woke A few years back, in 2016, I read a blog post from a national teachers’ union leader, a white woman, proclaiming that she was now woke. I’ve met this woman a few times and have no doubt that she is sincere and well-meaning and totally on the right side of social justice issues, but the blog,…

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Teacher in a Strange Land: Racing, Striving, Accelerating, Winning. And Reading.

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Teacher in a Strange Land: Racing, Striving, Accelerating, Winning. And Reading. Teacher in a Strange Land: Racing, Striving, Accelerating, Winning. And Reading. I wrote the core of this piece a decade ago, but it feels evergreen. Back then, we were trying to improve reading scores by offering kids rewards. Including pizza. Have we left competitive reading behind—or are ‘supplementary’ programs to raise scores,…

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Teacher in a Strange Land: Star Tech: The Next Generation of Record-Keeping

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Teacher in a Strange Land: Star Tech: The Next Generation of Record-Keeping Teacher in a Strange Land: Star Tech: The Next Generation of Record-Keeping In her last year of a degree program in Justice Studies, my daughter took a course called “Surveillance in Society.” The readings and discussion were around intrusions into personal privacy and data made possible by technology. Dear Daughter and I had many …

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Settings for land/cityscapes

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Settings for land/cityscapes So i know generally for these types of shots you would use a narrow apperture setting for sharper photos, but how would you set your focus point? For example I could use a single,multi, or wide mode on my xs10. As you can see here in my photos none of the subject really seems “sharp” I had my apperture on about 6.0 here, because i didnt want my …

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How to land a social media manager job?

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How to land a social media manager job? I’m almost done with a bachelor in psychology and as I’m thinking about what career I’d like to approach I find that a career in social media sparks my interest. I don’t have any prior work experience in that field but I do have a tik tok account with 150k followers and 6 million likes. The only issue is that due to having privacy concerns I hav…

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