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Follow the Leader

902) Teaching middle school kids is never dull. Just what you think is a great idea to do with them, they poo-hoo it and, at other times, things you thought they would not be enthusiastic about, they embrace. One such area is games I play with them. The old time-tested games such as Duck, Duck,
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Action Not Reaction

901) As a recently published author of my debut novel, The Bottle House. I learned right away that I cannot just sit back and let people come to me (or Amazon or BAM) to buy it. Instead, I have to get the book before others’ eyes. It doesn’t matter how good the book is or
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Associations

900) Have you ever noticed that the people we feel drawn to are often those who have specific things in common with us? They might value a healthy lifestyle or a reckless one. They may root for the same team or that other one. It’s just natural to be drawn to others who share similar
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The Dignity of Choice

899) Imagine that you have just moved to a new state. You decide to take the bull by its horns and you barge in everywhere, telling people who you are, what you can do and why you’re someone they should respect. How would this go over? Not too good, huh? What if God barged into
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A Level Playing Field

898) Living in the 21st Century, those of us in the U.S.A. are not as used to “classes” of people. We may be acquainted with these from viewing TV shows set in periods of time where this was more typical, but we sometimes think this “unlevel” playing field doesn’t exist in our country. Not so.
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The Trouble with Mary

897) Human beings are truly one of God’s most amazing creations. If you studied our brains alone, there would be no doubt that the mark of our Creator is there. The things our brains do are marvelous. I only wish I understood this organ better. One such amazing person is the Virgin Mary. Here was
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Are We Truly That Powerful?

896) It is a human characteristic to think that when something goes wrong, it was because of something we did or didn’t do. That may be true occasionally, but if we follow this notion further, what we are alluding to is that we have more power and influence than we really do. For example, I
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The Worst in Us

895) One thing I love about my job as a language arts teacher is for some grades, I can choose books for my classes to read and dissect. One such book, that I highly recommend (and, yes, many middle grade books are worth reading) is, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. There is so much
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Swords and Clubs

894) One year, one of my young students interrupted my grammar lesson, saying in his still-little-boy voice, ”Mrs. Grant. I have an ant farm.” I remember stopping in mid-sentence and looking at his sweet face and I blinked twice, surprised at this random remark. His face was so animated that I encouraged him to tell
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I know How You Feel

890) Sometimes, perhaps without realizing it, we insult others in their sorrows and grief. We may say to them, with all good intentions,” I know how you feel.” Maybe you have also dealt with cancer. Maybe you have also lost a job or your dignity. Maybe you have suffered from poor choices but it is
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