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Amen, brother.
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Cute story from my classroom today (and probably why I teach....
-- HokieGator
Aug 31, 2022 at 08:28 PM ET
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08/31/22 08:28 PM ET
You're a good egg, HokieGator. The world needs more folks like you.**
-- santafe
Sep 01, 2022 at 08:21 AM ET
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09/01/22 08:21 AM ET
I wept because I had no shoes until I met a child who had no teacher.**
-- PhotoHokieNC
Sep 01, 2022 at 05:30 AM ET
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09/01/22 05:30 AM ET
I'm the father of a 5th grader, and my opinion, based on...
-- MP4VT2004
Aug 31, 2022 at 10:12 PM ET
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08/31/22 10:12 PM ET
Hanover County, VA for example **
-- KeithHokie89
Sep 01, 2022 at 12:17 PM ET
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09/01/22 12:17 PM ET
We spend a ton of money on public education
-- fordham
Sep 01, 2022 at 10:51 AM ET
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09/01/22 10:51 AM ET
That's 3rd world country kind of stuff. I've never understood why
-- ElbertoHokie
Sep 01, 2022 at 09:52 AM ET
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09/01/22 09:52 AM ET
That's just BS. Mom was a teacher in Virginia with no semblance of a Union
-- ElbertoHokie
Aug 31, 2022 at 10:46 PM ET
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08/31/22 10:46 PM ET
Unfortunately our union is hyper political. It long ago went from
-- HokieGator
Aug 31, 2022 at 10:59 PM ET
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08/31/22 10:59 PM ET
In many places it is more of a cult than a union ...
-- vt90
Aug 31, 2022 at 11:05 PM ET
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08/31/22 11:05 PM ET
It's not unions, it's school boards that are way to political. Some are
-- 7Hokie1
Aug 31, 2022 at 10:56 PM ET
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08/31/22 10:56 PM ET
At the national level, and even in many states ...
-- vt90
Aug 31, 2022 at 10:59 PM ET
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08/31/22 10:59 PM ET
Fairfax became the black Spider-Man long ago. **
-- reconhokie
Sep 01, 2022 at 12:10 AM ET
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09/01/22 12:10 AM ET
Every year my wife would have a 1st grade student she would want to
-- 7Hokie1
Aug 31, 2022 at 09:12 PM ET
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08/31/22 09:12 PM ET
We recently stopped doing foster care, but yes, there are so many kids that
-- HokieGator
Aug 31, 2022 at 10:14 PM ET
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08/31/22 10:14 PM ET
Actions of your wife is what makes teachers so "special" .**
-- FLKEYSHOKIE
Aug 31, 2022 at 09:34 PM ET
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08/31/22 09:34 PM ET
A very nice gesture on your part. I am sure she and her sister will never
-- FLKEYSHOKIE
Aug 31, 2022 at 09:05 PM ET
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08/31/22 09:05 PM ET
Best part of that is how you got them to her
-- WestyHokie
Aug 31, 2022 at 08:53 PM ET
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08/31/22 08:53 PM ET
Dammit man, you're making me cry in front of my family.
-- MP4VT2004
Aug 31, 2022 at 08:44 PM ET
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08/31/22 08:44 PM ET
@HokieGator truly knows the meaning of ut prosim**
-- VaTechie
Aug 31, 2022 at 09:16 PM ET
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08/31/22 09:16 PM ET
yeah, but if my memory serves me right,
-- VaTechie
Sep 01, 2022 at 10:58 AM ET
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09/01/22 10:58 AM ET
Correct. And we lost our in home helper a few weeks ago right after
-- HokieGator
Sep 01, 2022 at 07:54 PM ET
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09/01/22 07:54 PM ET