selectivity

Things I have confessed to my students when questioned: I was suspended for drinking in high school.
Things I refused to confess to my students when questioned: The sport I played in primary school was figure skating.

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will write (verb, future tense)

I am certain inside every English teacher is a failed novel. I had long ago resigned myself to the fact that no novel shall ever come out of my brain, having no patience to write anything more focussed than a few paragraphs for an online journal. And still I harbour a belief that one day [...]

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well, i’ll say

The world’s worst replier to emails has become the world’s slackiest website updater. That’s okay, I guess. Welcome back to constantly clicking on a link with my name only to find the same content. Photos not promised – the other half has damaged his camera’s shutter and I threw all my birthday money at an [...]

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