California
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Bucket List: Cross-Country Road Trip Part 3
Leading up to and throughout this road trip, I told myself and others that I was going to watch the sun rise over the Grand Canyon. Well, I woke up just shy of 6:30am and I looked at my weather app just to discover that it was 30-something degrees outside. I cleared my throat, pulled…
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Bucket List: Cross-Country Road Trip Part One
It’s been too long since I last had something to say, something to share with all of you. Sure, I post to social media, but it’s not the same as engaging with you through this blog. I apologize for my lack of presence. This year has been troubling, scary, rocky, and at times extremely chaotic…
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We Are Living in a Grapes of Wrath Era
What is amazing is that John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 and it covered the era of the Dust Bowl, yet 81 years later I can see scenes of that past displayed in painful images and news reports today. If you don’t know 1930s US history, then let me give you a…
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Teacher layoffs: The LA Times Highlights the Effects
The Los Angeles Times featured a story today concerning the effect of teacher layoffs on future educators. According to the California state Commission on Teaching Credentialing, in California the number of teaching credentials that were issued on an annual basis reduced 29% over the past five years, from 28,039 during 2004-2005 to 20,032 during 2009-2010.…
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