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Tag: guns

  • My First Day of School

    Yesterday was my first day of working in an elementary school. For the last two decades, I have taught college-aged students or tutored, so working with littles is a massive shift. I have school-aged children of my own, but groups are still a challenge. The veteran kindergarten teacher said it was like herding cats and…

  • Angry Young Men

    I keep hearing voices in the media wondering about the motive of the attempted assassin. I am not sure what his particular ideas were, but it seems to fit pattern of public violence. Shooters are often angry young men. There have been several who went through high school, outside of the group, seeming inconsequential to…

  • Plea for Peace

    I don’t have a full comprehension of either situation, but my heart is moved by the suffering.

  • Freedom From Fear

    Each subsequent shooting doesn’t make you sad, it makes you mad. Furious, even.