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		<title>That good teacher feeling&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a student write on my facebook wall yesterday. He asked for book recommendations over the summer. He said that he enjoyed the novel he had read for his independent reading choice (for the last two weeks of school students read any book they liked and did a project) and would pretty much read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long time, no write</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been over a year, and a tough one at that. But I&#8217;m not going to dwell on how difficult this past year was for me. It&#8217;s summer, and the world is open. I&#8217;ve been working on the novel, and that is, as Martha would say, a &#8220;good thing.&#8221;
The vegetable garden is in, the herb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drama!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was so much drama involved in the production of our literary magazine this year (we had an all-girl editorial staff, made up of artists and poets), but it turned out well. I can&#8217;t say that it will win a Pullitzer, but it looks good. And most importantly, it provides young people with a voice. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing the year</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than a week to go before summer begins, and I am feeling the pressure. Finals, parent phone calls, last-minute grading&#8230; it all adds up. I wonder how many teachers are like me&#8211; I take piles of work home, intent on grading, and it ends up on the couch unread. What is it about finding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 01:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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It felt like walking on hot coals to get this field trip going, but once we got to NYC to see &#8220;Moon for the Misbegotten,&#8221; it was worth all the effort. The chaperones were amazing, the students were wonderful, and the play was phenomenal. I had struggled getting tickets, approval, students, a bus&#8211; everything under [...]]]></description>
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