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Newt

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Thanks. I made it all up.


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Seriously, however, the reality is that no single encounter will change a pattern of a life most of the time.

I read a book to the kids yesterday called "Chrysanthemum". It's about a little girl mouse who is picked on because her long name. When people pick on her, she wilts. When people praise her, she blooms. Later in the school day, the teacher had me give the kids a worksheet with two large boxes on it: "I wilt when ____________. I bloom when ____________." The little girl wrote that she wilts when her Dad leaves. She blooms when her Dad comes by.



[Post edited by Newt at 08/15/2019 5:25PM]

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Posted: 08/15/2019 at 12:27PM


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  Substitute Story -- Newt 08/14/2019 7:03PM
  A very Newt story -- MAHokie69 08/15/2019 08:08AM
  Thanks. I made it all up. -- Newt 08/15/2019 12:27PM
  Thanks for sharing that, very uplifting; smile on my face ** -- BleedinOandM 08/15/2019 06:12AM
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  You are a saint! I did some substitute teaching when I got out of college. -- Coach McGuirk 08/15/2019 12:23AM
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  My son (23) is starting his first year (6th grade). ** -- YardBird 08/14/2019 10:24PM
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  Billy -- MP4VT2004 08/14/2019 11:48PM
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  Thx amigo. ** -- Spudnut 08/14/2019 9:02PM
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