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Month: March 2018

You Can Sit With Us

You Can Sit With Us

This past Tuesday, I spoke to a group of female students at my school.  They were gathered at an event put on by our student organization Girls’ Night Out – a group run by girls, for girls, focused on empowering young women to find their voices and use them.  Over a month ago, the faculty moderator of Girls’ Night Out approached me to ask me to speak at this GNO event.  She had read my Verily articles, and she thought my voice was one our young women need to…

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Nope, Just Me

Nope, Just Me

I should be grading. Our quarter ended on Thursday, my grades are due Tuesday morning at 8 am, and I should be grading. I have a pile of senior portfolios in the trunk of my Civic and three crates of freshman portfolios in my classroom, and I should be grading. But I’m not. I’m sitting on my couch processing. Or at least I’m trying to. More accurately, I’m sitting in the midst of a tidal wave of emotion, nursing a…

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