Month: March 2025
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Teaching a Research Project
Students today have a difficult time with research. I understand that research is often time consuming and requires intermediate-to-advanced reading skills as well as critical thinkings skills. I also understand that 5 classes of middle schoolers may not be the best way to judge. That said, please allow me to share my observations. The Project…
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Inspiration: Nghi Vo
Nghi Vo has a beautiful way with words. I cannot repeat that enough. It is a pleasure simply to hear her prose when read aloud, and I am sad when I finish each of her stories because I just want them to keep going. One day not so long ago, her Singing Hills Cycle series…
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Inspiration: Crafting
This has been a great year for my hobbies, and I cannot recall a time when I was happier, though I am sure the California weather helps too. For the last 20 years, my hobbies have been: writing and singleplayer videogames, with an occassional side of programming and D&D. Both of those primary timesinks are…
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Fancy Money & Finances
I hate dealing with finances. It stresses me out when I think about it, and it stesses me out when I do not think about it. School did not cover personal finances, and while my parents showed me the basics, my own procrastination and anxiety has made it a recurring nightmare. But recently I found…
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Babymoon
As a last hoorah before life changes forever, we took a short trip to the Monterey Bay area. We stayed a few nights in Caramel-by-the-Sea, a tourist trap whose intended audience has thicker pocketbooks than we do, but it was a load of fun. We walked the beach in t-shirts and bare feet because you…
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