Tag Archives: defiance

Teaching: Cell Phones at School

It’s incredible how big of a problem cell phone usage is at school. About a third of the kiddos in most classes at the two Seattle area high schools where I teach have just checked out and use them as … Continue reading

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Don’t Say We Can’t

“Why aren’t you married?” my partner and I are frequently asked. After all, we’ve been a couple for 25 years, shared a mortgage, and his grandchildren see me as a second granddad. Does it take a marriage license to lend … Continue reading

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Advice from a (Broken) Fortune Cookie

I’m just not going to leave  Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each … Continue reading

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Comical Explanation

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Pet Free Zone

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