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When I look at what goes viral, what memes consist of, or even what I happen to click on within my twitter stream; there is always an element of humor found within. Not all of them are laugh out loud funny, but in the way that they tickle my brain or make me [...]
I have had a number of conversations recently that have resulted in someone saying that they were surprised that things were getting done. They were surprised at action. While I was somewhat baffled by the reaction, it made me think about what the root of this surprise might be.
Getting things done has traditionally been hard. [...]
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While I do not particularly like the designation or the baggage that goes along with it, being a breadwinner is something that is very important to me. I am not interested in being the sole breadwinner or someone who does only that, but there is most definitely a part of me that has [...]
I am a time thief. I take away time from my current employer in order to work on things that are not in my job description. I will admit that freely, even to the people I work for. But, up until recently, I have been able to keep it under control.
Until recently, I have kept [...]
This post is cross-posted here and was written by Mr. Chase.
The Gist:
The current draft of the federal budget cuts direct funding for the National Writing Project.
The NWP has been one of the few extremely successful examples of a nationally-networked effort to improve K-12 writing for 36 years.
We must communicate with Congress to change the budget.
The Whole [...]
