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The Blunder Years, Episode 47: Relationships and weddings post-divorce, rose-colored glasses, societal pressures

When you attend your first wedding after you yourself have been divorced, how do you feel? Can you still believe in what you’re seeing? Continue Reading

RIP Charlotte Chandler, my Teach for America co-teacher

Right out of college in June 2003, I was a Teach for America corps member in Houston, TX. I taught second and third grade at J.W. Oates Elementary School (pictured above), which is on the northeast side of Houston. Most… Continue Reading

I was a corps member, then I worked at, Teach for America. Here are a couple of pro/con thoughts.

Quickly before I get going: Justin Meli, in the video above (which has been put onĀ The AtlanticĀ and other places), was actually my roommate during Teach for America’s Summer Institute in Houston, TX back in summer 2003. (Moody Towers, y’all. I… Continue Reading