Chase March – Blog
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Day Off for them Not Me
Today is a P.A. Day, which is short for Professional Activity Day. The students get the day off so that us teachers can sit in on workshops and in-service meetings. Sometimes these workshops can be quite good, but most of the time I find that they offer me very little. If I can walk away…
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Rabbits Ears and Wireless Internet
I get three channels on my TV that come in quite well. For the most part, that is enough for me. But I really wanted to watch the season premiere of Heroes on Monday. The problem was that it was on a channel that doesn’t really come in. So I moved my rabbit ears every…
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Things I said I’d never do
I’ve made a lot of promises in my life. I’d like to think that I kept most of them but the truth is I haven’t. I don’t think I’m too much different than most people. I have good intentions and reasons, but then again, I can justify almost anything. It’s a skill I’ve gotten quite…
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A Teacher’s Lunch
“Seeing a teacher’s actual lunch is, like, so depressing.” Angela on My So-Called Life This quote has been running over and over in my head whenever I have to eat lunch with my students. It comes from a TV show where a teenage girl is asked to stay after class by a teacher. The teacher…
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The Entire School Ran
On Friday, here, I wrote about my favourite running star, Allyson Felix. Today, I need to write about a running hero. Terry Fox lost a leg to cancer and ran across the country to raise awareness and money for the cause. Since then Terry Fox runs have been a yearly event in cities all across…
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Allyson Felix
How can you not love this girl? I just found her website and it is really worth checking out. This is an inspirtional video, and only one of several that are there. Check it out. I am such a big fan of her’s. She did a great job in Beijing this year. I’ll be looking…