Author Archives: Rachel

Summertime…and the Livin’ is Easy – or Should Be

From Rachel over on Bignity. Some things never change. Dogs will always chase cars. Women will wear toweringly high heels. Sweet, indulgent, ice cream will bring a smile to your face (unless you’re lactose intolerant). Children will grow up. People … Continue reading

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Tutor? Or Not to Tutor?

From Rachel over on Bignity. March 14th is Pi Day. 3.141 592 653 589 793…so on and so forth for about a trillion more digits, give or take. I had no idea that March 14th was Pi Day until my last two groups of … Continue reading

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Rethinking the Goal

From Rachel over on Bignity. For the past four years, the speech department in my school has been tracking progress the old fashioned way: stringent data collection, meticulous record keeping, and detailed observations full of fruitful anecdotal nuggets of information. … Continue reading

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