Let’s Be Still
When my kids are really into a show and I’m telling them they have to do their chores, I invoke the pause. Pause it now, so you can finish it later. If you don’t pause it now, then you’ll never get the rest of it.
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The answer to all the questions
Dear Evan and Lulu, The best part of my job is going into classrooms and getting to be with children. It reminds me of how exciting it is to spend your days at school. The little things students look forward to: librarian visits, and the big things that they talk, think, and dream about for weeks in advance: readings of
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Creative Commons License: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/204073798/ Dear Teachers, I spent some time in your hallways today. I sat in small chairs that adorned art-clad walls and I gazed up with anticipation each time someone approached the doorway. I noticed how you smiled as soon as you saw us through the door frame. How that one simple gesture eased so many apprehensions I
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Chop Wood, Carry Water 