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Education

How does this happen?

Somebody is having an exciting day.  This is in North Olmsted, across from St. Richards.

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Education

Remembering people from the past.

Twice in the last week, I’ve been asked about former students without the former student being present.  As a seasoned professional, these situations are not awkward.

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Government

NYT: Illegal immigrants are a problem.

NYT Cost of Immigration

NYT: Cost of Immigration

The New York Times should rescind their endorsement of Biden in 2020.

It is difficult to find an issue that more exemplifies the dysfunction of American government today than immigration.

That assertion is arguable, but we will stick with immigration for now.

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Education

NYT: Teachers are miserable.

NYT: Teachers can’t hold kids accountable.

NYT: Teachers can’t hold kids accountable.

This New York Times editorial about teaching covers real problems that are collapsing public education, but nothing here is new.  These problems were evident the entire time I’ve been teaching, but Covid allowed the wreckers and degenerates to go all in.  They are opposed by parent groups, but it’s a tough slog. 

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Culture

NYT: Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week is not an event that typically piques my interest, but it showed up in my news feed.

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Culture

Guardian: Trans Athletes Don’t Want a Fair Race

Guardian: Swimming World Cup

World Aquatics’ plans to debut an open category for transgender athletes at the World Cup in Berlin this week have been cancelled after no entries were received.

This is definitive proof that trans athletes only ever wanted an unfair advantage.

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Covid Government Health

Politico: The CDC wants to be trusted.

Politico: CDC wants to be trusted.

Mandy Cohen wants to win back America’s trust.

Perhaps this article is incomplete or misrepresents Mandy Cohen.  I hope so, because we need a CDC with integrity.

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Projects

A Good Shed

My nephew just called about the shed he intends to build.  After my own shed experience, I am well-acquainted with shed design and build.

Prior to getting the retaining wall and garage built, I knew the shed would be in the way.  This shed has been in this spot since about 1971, when the solarium was built and the driveway was moved to this side of the house.   Rather than tear it down, I decided to move it.

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Education

Nobody is stopping Kriste Smith.

Kriste Smith gets $10k for North Royalton

Schools that work well, do so because they have a few teachers like Kriste.  North Royalton tends to have a lot of them, even though the administration doesn’t know or care.