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October 15, 2025

Do You Like To Read?

Here’s My Story: When I was in the 1st grade, I had a speech development problem. To this day, I

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October 13, 2025

How To Start A Journal

Writing has always calmed me down. As a young child, I was always doodling on a sheet of paper or

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September 5, 2025

How Traveling Opens up the Mind

This past summer, I took a trip to Asia, visiting Tokyo as well as Malaysia, my mother’s home country. On

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Offline and Inspired: Screen-Free Activities to Spark Kids’ Curiosity

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August 20, 2025

Offline and Inspired: Screen-Free Activities to Spark Kids’ Curiosity

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post Back in the summer of 1989, I was 7 years old. I had moved from

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July 2, 2025

Homelessness in Education: I Did It!

Well, it’s official. This homeless girl completed both her poetry course and her Paradise Lost course. AllPoetry.com and Hillsdale College offer

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Could the Two-Phone System Work for Students, Too?

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June 3, 2025

Could the Two-Phone System Work for Students, Too?

In the workplace, we all know colleagues who have both a work phone and a home or personal phone. With

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Inspiring Resilience: The Story of Tiffany Rae Starkey

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May 8, 2025

Inspiring Resilience: The Story of Tiffany Rae Starkey

My interview with Ms. Tiffany Rae Starkey was inspired after reading her article, “Saving Grace for Surviving Homelessness,” on the

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April 3, 2025

Saving Grace for Surviving Homelessness

For the homeless, the public library is a saving grace. Most are open Monday to Saturday and I was able

Tiffany Rae Starkey

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March 31, 2025

How To Help Failing Students

My Story Back in 2005, when I was an undergraduate at “Ole Miss,” I started taking online classes for the

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Apply Myself: Education During Homelessness

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March 6, 2025

Apply Myself: Education During Homelessness

As a non-traditional student, I finally graduated from San Diego Mesa College in 2014. I hold an Associate’s degree in

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