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Jun.17.2013
Dear Rabbi Taleet,
I am uncertain as to why the school has not renewed my contract after three years of service and dedication to your school. Let’s reflect on the possibilities.
I came to work for this school after I had left a charter school I considered unsafe to work for and which was shut down...
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Jun.16.2013
Remember wanting a pet as a youth? And the warnings that parents gave about all of the responsibility we’d be taking on should we get one?
“You’ll have to feed and give it water a few times a day, clean its cage, change its litter”, I can hear my mom say as only she can.
With a dog the warnings...
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May.31.2013
I like to refer to my current job, as the job I found on craigslist. This is my explanation for how a very contemporary and modernized woman of the 21st century can shape shift enough to work at such a place.
The men are seen as holier than tho, even the most obnoxious litte boy. Most Rabbis are...
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May.19.2013
I've just returned from seeing Pain and Gain up the street with D at the Television Academy of Arts and Science. We had seen ads for the film, which looked comical in premise. I am the girl who has walked out on the much loved by many boys Fight Club, because for me it was too psychologically...
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May.18.2013
In comes a tiger mom with a stack of files at least six to seven inches thick on her daughter. This mom informs you and your partner teacher that her daughter is dyslexic. The mother of this adopted daughter feels that she must inform us about Laurel’s condition before school has even begun....
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May.12.2013
The other day I read Anne Lamott’s excerpt on how Mother’s Day really should honor all women, and I quite agree. Having children does not determine our intrinsic and societal value. A culture needs both genders, but it is not a requisite that we all bear or help produce our own children. There need...
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May.09.2013
May 4, 2013 10:58 a.m.
Day off. Finally Saturday. Went on five mile walk from eight a.m. til 9:30, when back in car and driving off back home.
When I was around three or early four years old, my mom and grandmother were out in the back yard on lawn chairs, sunning themselves one summer afternoon....
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Apr.28.2013
My understanding is I was born at seven in the evening. So I am thinking technically I have a few hours to go :) However, April 28th has always been my birthday.
From sixteen til now I have earned a cosmetology license, apprenticed in a hair salon in London when I was nineteen. Completed an...
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Apr.15.2013
Response to April 15th, 2013 Letter
1. What do you feel are the school’s strongest attributes?
-the school feeds the students wholesome meals
-the kids appear happy and cared for
-the students take pride in being Jewish
2. What do you feel are areas of concern at school and what recommendations can...
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Apr.12.2013
Yesterday a friend posted an overweight girl's picture having been tanned, for her tanning business. What is our impulse and why, upon seeing someone else’s overweightness? Self consciousness is my reaction, and I can only guess others too. However, my feminist mind knows that it is also liberating...
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Apr.11.2013
What do I feel like? Exhausted. My heart is pounding too hard. I ate a hard-boiled egg for breakfast, a string cheese, most of an apple. Got a decaf soy mocha before drive to Dr. Roman. Had directions, giant accident on second to last street I needed to turn on. I rerouted myself, although I felt...
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Apr.11.2013
Sometimes there is music in a running shower rhythm. Sometimes there is music in a repetitive whirring bathroom fan. I still have many things to say to many people. Well, a few. The things I have to tell you will not always be nice. Some people sometimes have gone out of their way to not be nice....
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Apr.10.2013
Hi Ms A!! î• This is Sophie Social. I hope you're feeling better! Your absence was truly missed! Can't wait to have you back in school! :)
About the book report, the class and I were wondering if you could postpone the date. It's due this Monday, but I need help with the setting and a few...
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Apr.09.2013
Dear Rabbi,
Good morning. I will attempt to bullet point (number) my Hashem Academy agenda.
1) Have meeting w/ you and Talleet, lessen load. If I have a break to decompress right after intense first three periods in morning, say 15-30 minutes, I can carry on and teach one computer class...
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Apr.08.2013
Today I can be brief. Yay for me.
Had a full night sleep. Help of one Tylenol p.m. slept from 9ish til 6 ish. Normal hours for me, save I am for work, up around 4:50-5:00 ish a.m. I work at an area in L.A.
Hoping I can get ready and drive self in time to walk with Heather. She is not up yet, but...
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About Tami
I am a school teacher who has always enjoyed creativity, especially writing. I currently work full time as a middle school teacher, tutor, and am working on a second credential in mathematics to teach middle school children.
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