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I'm modest, so this is awkward. I'm a 22-year-old college sophomore because I took three years off to join the Army and go to Iraq. It was fun. No, but it was enlightening. I like to write, but maybe that's just a byproduct of having a retired English teacher for a mother who used to read grammar books while she took a bath (don't even think I'm kidding). Despite the whole ground-pounding grunt piece of my identity, I'm actually a nerd: I'm double-majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics. If there are any bigger nerds out there, please stand up. Now, the Reader's Digest version of me: I'm shy, but I'll talk to anyone just out of the blue; I'm a nerd, but I played four sports in high school and I like the Army; I'm a conservative thinker, but I like to share my opinion and hear the opinions of others. In short, I am a walking contradiction.

Education > Teachers & Administrators How to motivate and keep teachers happy

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Teachers are among the most valuable people in the world, but do we show it? No, of course not. For some reason, the teaching profession is looked upon as a sort of leper colony by most of those who don't know of the hard work and dedication it requires. Teachers are overworked and underpaid, rarely shown appreciation and gratitude, steamrolled by school boards and supervisors, and, for the most part, treated as though they are making life unjustly hard on their students. Being the son of two teachers with over fifty years of combined teaching experience, I went home to these problems ever...

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