I am a teacher who loves to write. I have a varied number of interests that I am learning to speak out about on a regular basis. I hope to be published both electronically as well as in print.

My passion is ...

family

I know too much about ...

many things

My parents always told me ...

be true to yourself

My childhood ambition ...

to become a writer

My favorite memory ...

no comment

Why I write ...

to become published and to be heard

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

most anything

My first job ...

carnival ride operator

My best moment ...

holding my oldest daughter for the first time

My inspiration ...

many things

Education > Secondary School Issues Commentary: Raising the age of mandatory school enrollment to 18

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"I'm bored."
"Me too."
"Why do we have to be in school?"
"Yeah, I would rather be..."

How often I have heard these things said by a number of students in my classroom over the years. It is not that I am a boring teacher as students have pointed out to me that my classes are the best they have because I engage them from bell to bell with work that is relevant and interesting. They enjoy coming to my class, but overall, school for them is just a ticket for them to have punched in order for them to get on with their lives. This leads me to the conclusion, with provisions, that students ...

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