My 13yo homeschooler had no idea how to open a little milk carton. I had to show her.

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How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus

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Dani Girl (Geyer/13Players)

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Macbeth and Macduff Get Into an Argument Over Semantics.

MACBETH: Okay, but thou wast still born, right?
MACDUFF: No. Untimely ripped.
MACBETH: Okay, but after thou wast ripped, thou wast of woman born.
MACDUFF: I don’t know…
MACBETH: Wast thou ripped from a man?
MACDUFF: No…
MACBETH: Then thou wast of woman born, what’s the problem?
MACDUFF: I think, technically, to be “born” you need to pass through the birth canal.

Friday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprof

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Happy U.S. citizenship, Dr. Garcia-Quismondo @SHUHumanities @Setonhill

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To Learn More, This High-Schooler Left The Classroom

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Just wrote the first ending to my in-progress journalism game (created in Twine)

3,486 words, 120 links, 57 lexias, and currently this is the only ending.

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