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I’m talking about anything and everything—work, family, Top Chef—without a filter. It’s so natural and I feel so … light. It’s as if I was totally unaware I’d been lugging around this burden until it was lifted. The weight, I guess, was the
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“Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one.”
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
“Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation.”
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
“In every office I’ve worked, word of complimentary cake races through the ranks of the cubicle class like it’s a rumor about the Wells Fargo wagon showing up in River City, Iowa. Free break room cake is a blessing, a gift from some benevolent force that asks nothing of you in return. Free break room cake offers you an opportunity to share a portion of some other person’s joy, both literally and figuratively. In a space built on capitalist power structures, free break room cake reminds you that you don’t need to produce anything to be deserving of a little sweetness.”
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
“Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours.”
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
“It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning.”
― Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
― Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
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As the name of the group suggests, relax and do something that you enjoy! This group is for ladies who love to read and discuss books. We are an easy ...more
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