Tag: dehumanization
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Reflection: Oh, no. Not again (2025)
In desperation and anger, people were willing to try something new–like Mussolini’s Blackshirts, who marched into Rome in October of that year.
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Memoir: Some education things I left behind (1994-2021)
My friend Laura, who still teaches at the school where I served the last 27 years of my career, texted. She wanted to know if I’d be interested in the $30/hour job of supervising exams. Test administration was the worst part of my job, the part called “summative assessment” that really meant “Son we’re gonna…
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Standing room for one
Since I’d already eaten, I sit down in a booth with the two other employees over 50. They’re eating the free sandwiches the General Manager laid out near the door. These sandwiches are being added to our menu in April, which is what tonight’s meeting is for. For weeks we’ve seen the notice: “Team Huddle…
The Wikiness 