Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Income Inequality and Its Effects on Education
The following is an essay I wrote for one of my economics classes this summer. I hope to follow up on this research as I progress in my profession and my own further education. Greenville County School District’s three Title I middle schools sit in Greenville County’s west side, an area with a population of…
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Summer Reflection
A couple weeks ago, Mom asked me if I was ready to go back to school. I shrugged and said, “sure.” Although a few things have cropped up that have sparked some temporary insanity, I stand by that. Unlike previous summers, I approach the start of school – yesterday for teachers – knowing that not…
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Paris Mountain 7k Race Recap
Race #150 7k #2 2018 Race #11 2018 7k #1 Paris Mountain 7k #2 I knew it had been a while since I had run a trail race but when I looked it up, I realized that I have not run a trail race since 2013. The last time I ran this race was 2011,…
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The Problem with Teachers Teaching Teachers
Every teacher knows the sinking, annoyed feeling that comes with mandatory PD or professional development classes. Teachers feel like they sit through class after class hearing things they already know or things that do not apply or even vague proclamations of best practices with no instructions on how to implement them. That should not be…
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San Francisco Marathon 2018 – Race Recap
Race #149 Marathon #11 State #7 (repeated a state) California Marathon #2 2018 Race #10 2018 Marathon #1 San Francisco Marathon #2 This will not be a normal recap. I have no plans to go mile by mile or section my section. Instead, after posting my splits, I intend to reflect on my performance. Even…
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Thoughts from Working the Election
Every other year, and sometimes in between, citizens all across the United States have the opportunity to participate in a uniquely democratic process that has been copied to varying degrees of success across the world. These elections – primary, runoff and general – give citizens of all shapes, sizes and colors a voice in selecting…
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Running Deeper – Week 16 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
Technically, there were 17 weeks of training in this training cycle but since I miscounted at the beginning, I’ll just count the last one as race week. Training this past week went really well. I even started thinking about possibly adding a December marathon this year. I’m not making any decisions until after San Francisco…
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Food Rut
This happens frequently to me. I get going well in the whole healthy eating scheme for weeks or months, until, gradually, my go-to meals lose appeal. I stumble on for a while, either choking down what I no longer really want to eat or succumb to convenience food or stand around and stare at my…
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Running Deeper – Week 15 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
As the race approaches – only two weeks away – I look back on this training cycle and while I have had some success, I feel a bit frustrated. I feel like I am still stuck in a plateau. Both of the 5k races I have run during this training cycle have been busts, or…
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Reset and Check – In
Although, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, my brain functions with the school year as my primary mental calendar, I take every opportunity to set goals which the turnover of a new calendar year also provides. At the beginning of the year, I set three main intentions: writing deeper, running deeper, and teaching deeper.…
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