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Education > Study Skills & Test Taking Do final exams help or hinder the education process?

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Final exams hinder the education process. I am a retired mathematics high school teacher with over 35 years of experience and have also been an assistant adjunct professor on the university level. The extreme stress level of taking final exams, and especially comprehensive 4 year exams for a university, caused me to have test... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Time

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Momu in the MirrorI looked into an unexpected mirror yesterdayand saw Momu, my beloved grandmother looking back at me.She passed away in 1981.I was so happy to see her wonderful face.She smiled when I smiled.We cried together.We talked to each otherbut I couldn't understand what she was saying.We both talked at the same time.... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Family ties

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I SEARCH, MY DAUGHTERI search for you everywhere,my daughter.In 1962 I searched the faces of newborns,but I didn't find you.In 1968 I searched the faces of kindergarten lasses,but you were not there.In 1975 I looked for any resemblance in every teenaged girl I met,but you were still missing.Time passed but you were not forgot... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: My one and only love

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Roberta's SisterRoberta's sister is dying of cancerAnd Roberta is devastated.There is nothing Roberta can doTo help her sister,Other than to be there for herWhenever possible.Roberta cannot alleviate the pain,Nor relieve the sadness.Roberta has given permission for her sisterTo die; she has said good-bye.Roberta knows when it... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My Lovebird

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CHANCEBIRDI don't have any grandchildren but I do have a "grandbird". His name is Chance but he also goes by Chancy, Chancer, and Chancebird.Chancebird is a love bird. He was found on a doorstep at a residence by a caring person who couldn't take him into her house. She brought him to the veterany clinic where my daughter was... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: To my daughter

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KarynMultifacetedPersonableEnthusiasticIndustrious VegetarianFlutist/PiccoloistAlmost VeteranarianChancebird's MomCaringCharmingEmpatheticWonderfulFriendDaughter Karyn More..

Relationships & Family > Elderly Parents & Care Ways to protect an aging parent without making them feel less independent

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When my grandmother and her daughter-in-law were both widowed, my very independent aunt discussed with my grandmother a way for them both to benefit. My grandmother had varicose veins and severe osteoporosis. The doctor informed her that she shouldn't be going up and down the stairs in her two-story house. In case she would f... More..

Food & Drink > Fast Food Is a Philly cheesesteak sandwich as good as they say?

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Yes, the Philly cheesesteak is as good as they say!Of course I have to qualify this statement. There are some places to get a good Philly cheesesteak and other places that should not be allowed to even list Philly cheesesteak on their menus.It is the latter of these places that give the Philly cheesesteak a bad name. People w... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: For my grandmother

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My GrandmotherMy grandmother was gentle, kind, genteel, a ladyYet she used to jump over fireplugs in 1910.[Her sister always told on her and she got punished but she would do it again.]My grandmother was easy-going, serene, calmYet she once chased a garbage man with a broom for calling her Ma'am.[Of course, in her defense, in... More..

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