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The Lies We Tell Our Children
As for the ever-changing workplace, what is considered professional is always shifting, and the remote working environment brought about by COVID19 added overdrive to the speed of change. Gone are the days when women worked in a tea-length dress with heels and a simple strand of pearls. My mentor explained when she first started her… Continue reading
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The Motivating Power of Rejection

I had never been an all-A student or admitted into any kind of honor anything, so these were huge accomplishments for me. I must say, I credit the advisor who first rejected me for the motivation I needed to push myself to my academic best. Maybe I will send her a thank you note. Continue reading
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Vacationing with Autism

At the end of the day, our successes and failures in vacationing with autism have taught us that we have to account for how autism will impact our plans. It cannot be ignored. It is a part of who our buddy is at his very core. So we plan with him instead of around him.… Continue reading
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I Should Have Been At Your Wedding
I should have been at your wedding… When I started my teaching career, I never dreamed of caring for my students beyond the year they were in my classroom. I loved my content. I wanted to teach students to love science and I cared very little about loving the child. I got into teaching through Continue reading