Tag: extra mile
member name: Kevin E.
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July 23, 2008 10:52 PM EDT --
I have learning disabilities . I rarely make that statement public. I have never in my life made a statement so public about my learning disabilities but I believe that even after so many years . . .
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August 18, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
I wrote an article where I questioned if a student who came to my school was ready for school. This was a student who I was absolutely certain did not belong in school. I lost sleep over him and really . . .
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August 30, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
I am being called the miracle man at my school these days. This is a result of some changes in a student I am working with. This is a student I wasn't even sure belonged in public school when I first . . .
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June 22, 2009 11:49 PM EDT --
As many of my readers know I teach in one of the poorest counties in Georgia. A typical school year is anything but typical. Teaching goes beyond what those who are not a part of the education world can . . .
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August 01, 2008 10:19 PM EDT --
I used to pity the legendary literature figure "Don Quixote" from the play Man Of La Mancha . I have a different outlook on him now. I have reached the conclusion that some of us are . . .
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September 29, 2008 10:27 PM EDT --
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December 04, 2008 11:24 PM EST --
The news is so full of people who I wouldn't want to know. We hear of horrible things that normal every day people do to their neighbors. People seem to become more and more vicious to each . . .
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October 07, 2008 09:44 PM EDT --
After a week we determined that it was time for Connor to get reconnected with school. The first step was to get Connor in to "Hospital Home Bound." This was a program for students . . .
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August 13, 2009 08:18 PM EDT --
To My Friends At Gather:
I have never done this before so may not be very good at it. A friend of mine who has been more than kind to me has recently joined Gather. He is a truly amazing writer, . . .
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February 07, 2009 05:37 PM EST --
Twenty-Four Car Pile Up, Twenty-Third Car Hit Part 4
I Find Help And I Begin To Survive
After two weeks of being more and more injured I reluctantly agreed to see the Doctor. I still believed . . .
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June 09, 2009 10:49 AM EDT --
I have a confession to make I am not now nor have I ever been a farmer. I admire the family farms and the farmers that work so . . .
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July 22, 2009 12:10 AM EDT --
Dan and Don are special men. They are members of the same Special Olympic team and compete in the same events. They are the same age with in a week of each other. They have the same disability. They had . . .
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September 21, 2009 10:48 PM EDT --
I have reached the conclusion that there are more Windmill fighters than I thought before. This gives me real hope. What concerns me though is that windmill fighting is a lonely avocation. There . . .
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May 25, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
My informal study on those who read my writings show that they are brilliant people and have seen a lot in their lives. I am sure that my readers have seen a lot. I know that some have seen a horse fly, . . .
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August 25, 2009 05:27 PM EDT --
Step inside a split-level stucco home at the end of a cul-de-sac in California. Walk to the family room. Step inside the room. It is a well-lit room with bright colors everywhere. Sounds of laughter . . .
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October 03, 2009 11:21 PM EDT --
Those footsteps belonged to Pamela. She had been thinking. She thought best when she could walk in the sand in the cool of the night. There was something about the feel of her bare feet and the . . .
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January 20, 2009 09:21 PM EST --
On the day after most of the United States celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday and the day of the inauguration of President Obama it seems appropriate to share a lesson I teach . . .
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