Punch Teacher: Florida educators' new reality - Tampa Bay Independent | Examiner.com

Do you believe in tenure for educators? What about increasing pay with years of service? If you answered yes to these questions, you should read this article. "With what children face on a daily basis, is there any logical reason why we should expect children to care about a onc …

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I'm Christian, unless you're gay.

Love others. Simple as that.

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RePost: Letter From A Liberal To A Young Marine (That 53% Guy) « Faustian urGe

This is a great letter from one man to another. There is no contempt present in this article at all and that is why I'm seeding it. I hate when people are rude during political debates. It's tasteless and unnecessary.

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Randy Turner: The Failure of American Teachers

This is a very poignant article about the main area that teachers have failed. The only critique I have on this article is that the second to last paragraph doesn't really show the reality of the students we deal with.

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Dennis Merritt Jones: Hatred: The Mirror that Never Lies

"Projection always hides a feeling you don't want to look at. If you examine any negative trait you insist is present in another person, you will find that same trait hiding in yourself. The more you deny this trait, the more strongly you will have to project it." ~ Dr.

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The Worth Of Student Majors: New Study

While I agree wholeheartedly with the finale line of this article, I wonder how many students out there have considered that statement...

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Moving Home: When College Grads Face Uncertain Futures

This is so sad. But it's true. I graduated with my BA in Music in May 2010 and the only places that will accept me are schools. Grocery stores won't even hire me because I'm "over-qualified".

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Top Colleges Overlook Low-Income Students

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A Teacher or A Scapegoat? Sorting the Myths of Tenure

A friend's father explains that tenured teachers are simply trusted employees with continuing contracts, not invincible evil-doers who don't work as hard as others to educate our youth. This comic seems quite appropriate for this point...

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Kevin Spacey Defends The Arts

Actor Kevin Spacey speaks out about the importance of the arts in the United States. This is a short, informative video giving reasons NOT to cut the funding for the arts.

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Lower Your Blood Pressure by Supporting the Arts and Laughing!

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Why You Should Give a Damn About Arts Funding

"It's been repeated to the point of being a broken record- lack of public support to the arts. There are some out there who look at the humanities as superfluous, even elitist.

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Baltimore Symphony allows amateurs to join...

I understand this was several months ago, but this is just too cool. I just found this article today.

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Great Advice from a Great Musician

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Advice for the Poor Rich

This is a good bit of advice to people who think they are struggling when really, they're just being selfish.

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Making Music: The work of a Syracuse Symphony Orchestra musician isn't as effortless as it sometimes seems

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Singer slams potential vice president | WFTS-TV | First in HD

Pink is just the latest celebrity to voice concerns about Sarah Palin.

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Practiceroom: To Musicians, it IS One Word!

A website dedicated to furthering music education!! Yay!!

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