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Dear Miss ********, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we do not have space for you at our company. Yours, Xxxx xxxxxxxx Dear Miss *******, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we cannot offer you a place with our company as you are under qualified. Yours ** xxxxx Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. We regret to inform you that you are over-qualified for the position. Yours,  xxxxxxx *** Dear Miss ******, I don’t think so love. This isn’t even a letter, this is my managerial position on you handing me your cv. Cheers, bahbye now Dear Miss *******, This isn’t really a letter either, but despite how un-pc this is, we can’t hire you due to your gender. Thanks anyway, save your paper. Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application, unfortunately we had stronger applicants. Yours, etc.,  aaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. Unfortunately we are not hiring at the moment even though we had advertised the job you applied for. Yours, xxxxxxxxx xxxxx Dear Miss ********, We had left it between you and another applicant, and couldn’t decide so we flipped a coin, and she won. You’re a lovely girl though. Yours, fffffff ffff fffff Dear Miss ********, I refer to your claim for Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance at VVVVVV’s CCCCCC local office. Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance claims are subject to periodic review, consequently, I would appreciate if you would attend this office for interview on the 31/17/78 and bring the following : 1. Proof of Identity (i.e. Passport or Driving Licence or Long version of your Birth Certificate) 2.  Proof of Residency (e.g. Letter from landlord/ Rent Book/ Lease/ Mortgage Receipt/ Letter from Parents + Household Bill) 3. Written Proof of recent job applications and replies. 4. Proof of job applications made through FAS 5. FAS courses applied for. 6. A copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV): unemployed from 7. If your spouse/partner is an adult dependent on your claim, please bring his/her GNIB and Passport/Travel Documents. Failure to respond to this letter may lead to suspension or disallowance of claim. Yours sincerely, **** ***** Local Officer
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Feb 15, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 at 10:26 AM UTC
Rejection
Dear Miss ********, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we do not have space for you at our company. Yours, Xxxx xxxxxxxx Dear Miss *******, We regret to inform you that unfortunately at this time we cannot offer you a place with our company as you are under qualified. Yours ** xxxxx Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. We regret to inform you that you are over-qualified for the position. Yours,  xxxxxxx *** Dear Miss ******, I don’t think so love. This isn’t even a letter, this is my managerial position on you handing me your cv. Cheers, bahbye now Dear Miss *******, This isn’t really a letter either, but despite how un-pc this is, we can’t hire you due to your gender. Thanks anyway, save your paper. Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application, unfortunately we had stronger applicants. Yours, etc.,  aaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa Dear Miss ********, Thank you for your application. Unfortunately we are not hiring at the moment even though we had advertised the job you applied for. Yours, xxxxxxxxx xxxxx Dear Miss ********, We had left it between you and another applicant, and couldn’t decide so we flipped a coin, and she won. You’re a lovely girl though. Yours, fffffff ffff fffff Dear Miss ********, I refer to your claim for Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance at VVVVVV’s CCCCCC local office. Jobseekers Benefit/Assistance claims are subject to periodic review, consequently, I would appreciate if you would attend this office for interview on the 31/17/78 and bring the following : 1. Proof of Identity (i.e. Passport or Driving Licence or Long version of your Birth Certificate) 2.  Proof of Residency (e.g. Letter from landlord/ Rent Book/ Lease/ Mortgage Receipt/ Letter from Parents + Household Bill) 3. Written Proof of recent job applications and replies. 4. Proof of job applications made through FAS 5. FAS courses applied for. 6. A copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV): unemployed from 7. If your spouse/partner is an adult dependent on your claim, please bring his/her GNIB and Passport/Travel Documents. Failure to respond to this letter may lead to suspension or disallowance of claim. Yours sincerely, **** ***** Local Officer
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There are over a million things To do in the name of pleasure. Over a million more that involves Company. The person I could be, The person I’d love to be, Over a million things that could go wrong. This thought a wave pattern found In an ocean of sheets, The shore of the mattress bare. The meeting of my fingers interlocked With yours, The earth rotates & bends sideways. Without hesitation we are poured Up down left & right, Over a million things that could go wrong. Lost at sea in complete darkness I cling to you to keep warm. Lost in the earth, you blush morning. Shedding light to infinity. Your face a cathedral of a million things That could go right. Smushed & paused in excitement. Finally. A religion that doesn’t require A curriculum. The earth rotates & bends, I am baptized in the liquid from Your lips & like a fish I am alive, & like a fish I can breathe without fear That you’d be stolen & renamed Without fear that you’d be stolen & renamed. Robbed of over a million things That could go right, Between the sheets we hide. I cling to you to keep warm, lost in the earth You blush morning. Shedding light to infinity. Finally. A religion that doesn’t require A curriculum. The person I could be, The person I’d love to be, Without fear. I wander you freely
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Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021 at 11:24 AM UTC
Freely
I will no longer be named failure. Failure was never my name. I was sometimes exhausted Sometimes sabotaged Sometimes stretched too thin But these things are not failure. In the sharing of faith, to live authenticity is most important. In my exhaustion I taught gentleness. In my perseverance I taught strength. In my stress I taught courage, patience, and faithfulness. My name was never failure. My curriculum was the act of living faith, of building trust, of relationships built in acceptance and care. I was never a failure. I was important. I made a difference.
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Feb 24, 2015
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:19 PM UTC
Failure Is Not My Name
The first 6,570 days, you're treated as a king They tell you that you can be anything Failing to warn of what the real future brings    Everyone loves you, until you're 18 Nevermind preparing America's youth for what is ahead Feed us lies and outdated curriculum instead Row row row, remember? . . . life is but a dream    Everyone loves you, until you're 18 Happiness can come with many limitations So many that sadness is seeming more a celebration Depressing, but apparently, that is how it must be    Everyone loves you, until you're 18 Refrain from smiling, stray away from laughter In this world, misery seems to follow soon after Don't get to pumped kids, the world is not what it seems    I just wish I had known, before I turned 18
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Jun 9, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 at 6:05 PM UTC
Reality
They wanted a curriculum vitae In absentia I decided to ad lib Ad nauseum Ipso facto, lie and deceive Exaggerate, mislead et cetera Hardly a bona fide Modus operandi They caught me in flagrante delicto Requiescat in pace, (RIP) my chances Now I'm persona non grata Mea culpa
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Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014 at 9:45 AM UTC
Semper in excretia, sumus solim profundum variat
Fighting on the front lines With red pens For creativity, For independent thought, For common sense Not Common Core This is a battle in a bureaucratic war we’re losing Keep pushing and shoving against an impenetrable wall But we’re only foot soldiers, not actually giving orders Kids look down on us and they ask, “Will this be on the test?” And say, “Get out of my face.” Here’s what I wonder: Why is “mistake” a forbidden word? Taught by parent(s) to resist. These are Kids who fail to create But recite, recall, and retaliate School is no longer a safe haven Testing, testing, 1-2-3 hundred murdered students, teachers Safety off and then off And Still off Hanging by a thread and losing the grip a little more every day Following the curriculum map to X marks the standardized test. We dig and Dig and Dig For the buried treasure trove of teaching magic. The legitimacy and respect our careers deserve. The money, the time, the love, the support. But it’s buried under so much testing and red tape, and so We fail.
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 7:42 AM UTC
21st Century Teacher
You never fail to mystify me Love out of reach A devastating fallacy I wish you the very best But only feel sorry partially There’s a smile on your face again No use for thinking so logically A hidden curriculum so easy to mask I’d love to know you but hate to ask You are all I dream about -And there you were- A love aptitude that’s entirely illiterate Your pearly smile stays stretched continuously illuminate Save the feelings for the archive So foreign and entirely glamorized They fail to represent what reality is waiting impatiently Your looks are intense They compliment your insanity But in the mean time I’m failing miserably I can’t even look you in the eye I’m too shy
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Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014 at 12:42 AM UTC
Consequential Strangers
This letter, is to inform you, about a bomb threat that we received this, morning. Name of a Name Unified Consolidated ISD, a State-Recognized School of Somethingness, Where Kids Come First under the theme of All The Kids All The Curriculum All The Time is committed, to the safety and education of all our students and We Are Number One, Go #Thundercatbears!, ‘Cause We are #All-Hashtagged in Unity and Oneness. We also, want to clearly communicate with split infinitives And crazy commas all over the place to parents about safety issues when they get found out arise. This morning, a phone call, was received, by the receptionist at The-Latest-Name-Held-in-Place-with-Velcro-Until-the-Next-Name-Change Elementary School and Essential Spirit Dreams New Dawn Progress Learning and Technology Center of the Future stating a bomb was present, on the campus. After conferring with the Threat Assessment Team, The Standard Response Protocol team, the Chinkypin-Lizard Lick Police Department parked in the handicapped spaces at Tia Jolene’s Goremay Eats ‘n’ Bokays out next to the Interstate, the cheerleader sponsors, Facebook, Twitter, our attorneys, and Superintendent Dr. Hamestus Goodoleboy “Spike” Ponsonby III, the students were rapidly, and efficiently evacuated to a safe area up in the football bleachers where they would be more obvious targets and the school was professionally and thoroughly swept for anything suspicious and untoward. During this time, when no students were in danger, another call was received stating that  gunshots were fired in the school. There were no gunshots, fired in the school and no children were in danger at any time. Currently, we’re are is allowing students, who were never in any danger, to return to school as usual where there was never any danger at any time. We will have extra counselors and therapists available if students or parents needs supports are counsolining in spelling ‘n’ sentence structure. The students were never in any danger at any time. All threats to our school where their was never any danger and students who were never in any danger will be taken seriously immediately and thoroughly and investigated thoroughly and fully except for that call last week that we managed to keep covered up. We wanted to inform you of the correct facts because our correct facts are the only facts so you can discuss them with your child/ren Of any race, *** color, creed, religion, or gender identification or not and emphasize the seriousness of our facts, which are the only facts. If you discover Any facts untoward or out of place please contact us At the district office at *** *** xxxx ext *** or the Chinkypin - Lizard Lick Police Department immediately and thoroughly. No children were in, danger at any time.
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Feb 20, 2019
Feb 20, 2019 at 5:07 PM UTC
No Students Were Ever in Danger at Any Time
This letter, is to inform you, about a bomb threat that we received this, morning. Name of a Name Unified Consolidated ISD, a State-Recognized School of Somethingness, Where Kids Come First under the theme of All The Kids All The Curriculum All The Time is committed, to the safety and education of all our students and We Are Number One, Go #Thundercatbears!, ‘Cause We are #All-Hashtagged in Unity and Oneness. We also, want to clearly communicate with split infinitives And crazy commas all over the place to parents about safety issues when they get found out arise. This morning, a phone call, was received, by the receptionist at The-Latest-Name-Held-in-Place-with-Velcro-Until-the-Next-Name-Change Elementary School and Essential Spirit Dreams New Dawn Progress Learning and Technology Center of the Future stating a bomb was present, on the campus. After conferring with the Threat Assessment Team, The Standard Response Protocol team, the Chinkypin-Lizard Lick Police Department parked in the handicapped spaces at Tia Jolene’s Goremay Eats ‘n’ Bokays out next to the Interstate, the cheerleader sponsors, Facebook, Twitter, our attorneys, and Superintendent Dr. Hamestus Goodoleboy “Spike” Ponsonby III, the students were rapidly, and efficiently evacuated to a safe area up in the football bleachers where they would be more obvious targets and the school was professionally and thoroughly swept for anything suspicious and untoward. During this time, when no students were in danger, another call was received stating that  gunshots were fired in the school. There were no gunshots, fired in the school and no children were in danger at any time. Currently, we’re are is allowing students, who were never in any danger, to return to school as usual where there was never any danger at any time. We will have extra counselors and therapists available if students or parents needs supports are counsolining in spelling ‘n’ sentence structure. The students were never in any danger at any time. All threats to our school where their was never any danger and students who were never in any danger will be taken seriously immediately and thoroughly and investigated thoroughly and fully except for that call last week that we managed to keep covered up. We wanted to inform you of the correct facts because our correct facts are the only facts so you can discuss them with your child/ren Of any race, *** color, creed, religion, or gender identification or not and emphasize the seriousness of our facts, which are the only facts. If you discover Any facts untoward or out of place please contact us At the district office at *** *** xxxx ext *** or the Chinkypin - Lizard Lick Police Department immediately and thoroughly. No children were in, danger at any time.
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that's all you have. Ive got words too but I don't use them to describe my "inner landscape". they just get in the way of "experiential knowingness" of my personal energy field of unconditional love, they just get in the way of being my beingness, for I am where there are no edges. For I am and equal  individual independent and autonomous part of the essence of the Isness of the Universe, which you can immerse yourself in, merge into and become as one with me, like I am eternally one with you. if you can drop the Mind and Conditioned Identity in the head, of the body that you are incarnated in temporarily, just for this your latest lifetime, and it could be your last lifetime as a human being.. that's the only condition--drop the Mind--let it go--you don't need it-- but it needs you to deceive and manipulate. The Mind needs you to survive  but you don't need the Mind to survive for you are as I am and we all are eternal and self sufficient, beyond edges and dimensions. Just imagine the Universe and all that is in it inside your head, impossible you cry but that's truthfulness in action. I know who you really are even though Ive never met you and am unlikely to ever meet you,and when I say you I don't mean your body--. I don't mean your "name" or curriculum vitae or certificates on a wall--or photographs of a face among billions . I mean you--the individual Isness--that small part of me that you are--as I am that small part of you that I am. The body is just a vehicle made from mere flesh,to get you from point A--birth--to point B --death--. it has attributes and emotions and possibilities but it most definitely is not and never can be YOU or me--. Youre incarnated in it in order to realise your true nature as a small but equal independent individual and autonomous part of the essence of the Isness of the Universe. You are,like me,the Isness of the Universe incarnated for this lifetime in the body that surrounds you  but unlike me you are in the grip of Mind permanently--unless you dissolve Mind consciously. Minds are the obstacle to union with the Isness of the Universe and I am the Isness of the Universe incarnated in this body-- just like you are--and so the mind in the head of that body is the obstacle to union with me. The only difference between you and I ,female or male, is that I am permanently Mindless by choice and you are struggling towards becoming permanently Mindless--unknowingly. My struggle to become Mindless and Conditioned Identityless is over thankfully,these last few years. I live in the body but the body is not me. I use the body for my many pleasures but no pleasures of the body can compare to the pleasure of being in union with the Isness of the Universe. One can only be in Union with the Isness of the Universe when one is Mindless. Words are absolutely useless for describing my inner state-- for my inner state is not of the body-- it is not made or nourished by the body-- my inner state can only be experienced. Words cannot set you free--they can only make you a lifelong prisoner of Mind--the controller of what should be your words--but arent. And individual Minds must coalesce into GroupMinds which are  families and relations and clans and tribes and races and nations and religions and politics and all the other groups that prevent you from becoming your true nature which is that of being a small but equal,individual,independant and autonomous  part of the essence of the Isness of the Universe. You have always that encompassing edge to your body--the skin. I have no edges--my skin is permeable and insubstantial. I am the Universe extant. I am the Isness of the Universe. www.thefournobletruthsrevised.co.uk
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Sep 21, 2014
Sep 21, 2014 at 12:58 AM UTC
Its only words about the Isness of the Universe
that's all you have. Ive got words too but I don't use them to describe my "inner landscape". they just get in the way of "experiential knowingness" of my personal energy field of unconditional love, they just get in the way of being my beingness, for I am where there are no edges. For I am and equal  individual independent and autonomous part of the essence of the Isness of the Universe, which you can immerse yourself in, merge into and become as one with me, like I am eternally one with you. if you can drop the Mind and Conditioned Identity in the head, of the body that you are incarnated in temporarily, just for this your latest lifetime, and it could be your last lifetime as a human being.. that's the only condition--drop the Mind--let it go--you don't need it-- but it needs you to deceive and manipulate. The Mind needs you to survive  but you don't need the Mind to survive for you are as I am and we all are eternal and self sufficient, beyond edges and dimensions. Just imagine the Universe and all that is in it inside your head, impossible you cry but that's truthfulness in action. I know who you really are even though Ive never met you and am unlikely to ever meet you,and when I say you I don't mean your body--. I don't mean your "name" or curriculum vitae or certificates on a wall--or photographs of a face among billions . I mean you--the individual Isness--that small part of me that you are--as I am that small part of you that I am. The body is just a vehicle made from mere flesh,to get you from point A--birth--to point B --death--. it has attributes and emotions and possibilities but it most definitely is not and never can be YOU or me--. Youre incarnated in it in order to realise your true nature as a small but equal independent individual and autonomous part of the essence of the Isness of the Universe. You are,like me,the Isness of the Universe incarnated for this lifetime in the body that surrounds you  but unlike me you are in the grip of Mind permanently--unless you dissolve Mind consciously. Minds are the obstacle to union with the Isness of the Universe and I am the Isness of the Universe incarnated in this body-- just like you are--and so the mind in the head of that body is the obstacle to union with me. The only difference between you and I ,female or male, is that I am permanently Mindless by choice and you are struggling towards becoming permanently Mindless--unknowingly. My struggle to become Mindless and Conditioned Identityless is over thankfully,these last few years. I live in the body but the body is not me. I use the body for my many pleasures but no pleasures of the body can compare to the pleasure of being in union with the Isness of the Universe. One can only be in Union with the Isness of the Universe when one is Mindless. Words are absolutely useless for describing my inner state-- for my inner state is not of the body-- it is not made or nourished by the body-- my inner state can only be experienced. Words cannot set you free--they can only make you a lifelong prisoner of Mind--the controller of what should be your words--but arent. And individual Minds must coalesce into GroupMinds which are  families and relations and clans and tribes and races and nations and religions and politics and all the other groups that prevent you from becoming your true nature which is that of being a small but equal,individual,independant and autonomous  part of the essence of the Isness of the Universe. You have always that encompassing edge to your body--the skin. I have no edges--my skin is permeable and insubstantial. I am the Universe extant. I am the Isness of the Universe. www.thefournobletruthsrevised.co.uk
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A shout out to my history teacher who makes the time to teach for I’ve picked up on the subtext she can’t speak: if you teach to the test no one’s really being taught all we learn is to chase empty numbers and you wonder why we’re all burnt out when the end goal isn’t our happiness now when the very organizations meant to support education profit off those who have no choice but to turn to them when the ones who can pay to prep the ones who work until they can't see straight, the so called “high achievers” are the only ones who matter and we ourselves kick everyone else off the ladder if standardization is supposed to make education equal then at the very least it should teach that we all have a spot, that in society, we can all be contributing members, but it’s not. like my history teacher’s given me, we need lessons to life rather than to test it’s time we set a better example for our students Teach us that even when the blocks have fallen down, we can rebuild the tower
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Apr 4, 2016
Apr 4, 2016 at 7:47 PM UTC
Chasing Curriculum
She and I exchanged disdainful glances across the parking lot. The verbally brash invitation she gave me at 10:30 two nights earlier from a low-riding car resounded in my brain. She wanted our graduating class to get together and sit awkwardly around a campfire while a few reminisced of homeroom and half days back in high school. And as the last few embers glowed like residence halls, she would clear her throat and bash college. She’d denounce the curriculum, professors, and parking spaces then praise the days of hurrying through carpeted hallways and freshmen traffic. To see our classmates laughing with hands outstretched to the flames would bring a smile to her summer-chapped lips. But we’re no longer classmates. We’re just seventeen people trying to live our lives outside the confines of Galeton High School. Sure, we’ll bite our tongues and fake smiles every now and then, but we’ll never be more than superficial.
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Jun 9, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 at 2:36 PM UTC
We'll Never Be More Than Superficial
I’m sitting staring at faces so unfamiliar they don’t know me, no stares no afflictions or brief awkwardness I am alone, surrounded by souls that don’t know I exist, please someone say hello, someone needs to read my palms and tell me my lifeline in so that I know I’m needed, I know what my worth could be but I need purpose to believe in because I’m struggling inside, I feel like crying constantly in corners facing away from a society of glances from strangers, I walk in circles and circles and circles trying to find direction for my future, I’m being mislead by life’s curriculum and I feel like I’m above average in general miseducation, I’m screaming silently help me! I don’t want to deal anymore but I want to hold on if not for my sake then for those that need me more because I have to believe that in order to be, How could you all not notice me, I’m yelling internally, I’m jumping and prancing in the bathroom away from everything not even staring me in the mirror, I’m closing the doors before I open them so that I can never hurt again, I’m avoiding chances and taking backward leaps to make sure that I can’t be touched, burned, or disturbed, I’m going to find me first because I don’t know who the **** I am anymore, I’m not even sure I ever knew which makes this challenge even harder, I don’t even see it as a challenge because if I did the semantics would take over me, I equate struggle and failure with success and greatness because I fail at all, I’m reading my mind closer than ever before making sure I spell out my intentions to myself before I take one step out the door, I feel as if I have OCD making sure that everything feels 100% right and if it isn’t I will not move, I will not progress and maybe even digress to fix my missteps from prior years, I don’t know where to go from here, but I guess I’ll start with whistling and whispering in someone’s ear.
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Jan 9, 2014
Jan 9, 2014 at 1:48 AM UTC
Whistles and Whispers
I’m sitting staring at faces so unfamiliar they don’t know me, no stares no afflictions or brief awkwardness I am alone, surrounded by souls that don’t know I exist, please someone say hello, someone needs to read my palms and tell me my lifeline in so that I know I’m needed, I know what my worth could be but I need purpose to believe in because I’m struggling inside, I feel like crying constantly in corners facing away from a society of glances from strangers, I walk in circles and circles and circles trying to find direction for my future, I’m being mislead by life’s curriculum and I feel like I’m above average in general miseducation, I’m screaming silently help me! I don’t want to deal anymore but I want to hold on if not for my sake then for those that need me more because I have to believe that in order to be, How could you all not notice me, I’m yelling internally, I’m jumping and prancing in the bathroom away from everything not even staring me in the mirror, I’m closing the doors before I open them so that I can never hurt again, I’m avoiding chances and taking backward leaps to make sure that I can’t be touched, burned, or disturbed, I’m going to find me first because I don’t know who the **** I am anymore, I’m not even sure I ever knew which makes this challenge even harder, I don’t even see it as a challenge because if I did the semantics would take over me, I equate struggle and failure with success and greatness because I fail at all, I’m reading my mind closer than ever before making sure I spell out my intentions to myself before I take one step out the door, I feel as if I have OCD making sure that everything feels 100% right and if it isn’t I will not move, I will not progress and maybe even digress to fix my missteps from prior years, I don’t know where to go from here, but I guess I’ll start with whistling and whispering in someone’s ear.
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Should I become a middle school math or English teacher? Leave my bed early in the morning and return with test papers to grade. With what authority will I persuade those kids to sit still and perform       calculations and interpretations. I won’t be allowed to teach A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Nope, it’ll be       Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies and Slaughterhouse Five. Novels       that annoy. Poems and math are magic. Words and numbers are things no one has       ever seen or heard or touched. But the administration keeps them separate. The curriculum’s       determinate. The kids are beautiful but combustible. When middle school lets out at       the periapsis of Earth’s orbit, that’s the face of joy. The purpose of school is to introduce us to the world’s innumerable       wonders. The periodic table, World Wars I and II, Huckleberry Finn       and Jim. Once a gaggle of teenage girls bet whether I wore boxers or jockeys. I felt       ambushed and unlucky. Also a bit afraid. There’s little love lost between the students and the teachers. Expect to       forget and be forgotten. Information. I remember Mr. Killian my chemistry teacher. So boring about something       I now find so interesting and important. He wasn’t boring; I was       boring. I remember Mr. Christensen my history teacher. He was fat and funny but       taught as little as possible. I was known to laugh so hard I cried. I remember Mr. T my calculus teacher. He dressed everyday exactly like       Gene Kranz in mission control. I was confused past help so he didn’t       help. I remember Tone Kwas my music teacher. He said I was the worst       trumpet player he’d ever tried to teach and switched me to       sousaphone. He was right but so what! Playing badly is the best       riposte.
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Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022 at 6:40 AM UTC
Middle School Math Teacher
Should I become a middle school math or English teacher? Leave my bed early in the morning and return with test papers to grade. With what authority will I persuade those kids to sit still and perform       calculations and interpretations. I won’t be allowed to teach A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Nope, it’ll be       Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies and Slaughterhouse Five. Novels       that annoy. Poems and math are magic. Words and numbers are things no one has       ever seen or heard or touched. But the administration keeps them separate. The curriculum’s       determinate. The kids are beautiful but combustible. When middle school lets out at       the periapsis of Earth’s orbit, that’s the face of joy. The purpose of school is to introduce us to the world’s innumerable       wonders. The periodic table, World Wars I and II, Huckleberry Finn       and Jim. Once a gaggle of teenage girls bet whether I wore boxers or jockeys. I felt       ambushed and unlucky. Also a bit afraid. There’s little love lost between the students and the teachers. Expect to       forget and be forgotten. Information. I remember Mr. Killian my chemistry teacher. So boring about something       I now find so interesting and important. He wasn’t boring; I was       boring. I remember Mr. Christensen my history teacher. He was fat and funny but       taught as little as possible. I was known to laugh so hard I cried. I remember Mr. T my calculus teacher. He dressed everyday exactly like       Gene Kranz in mission control. I was confused past help so he didn’t       help. I remember Tone Kwas my music teacher. He said I was the worst       trumpet player he’d ever tried to teach and switched me to       sousaphone. He was right but so what! Playing badly is the best       riposte.
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When I was in sixth or sevent grade, I'm not sure which My health teacher gave the class some health tips At one point he told all of us kids to look in the mirror "Jump up and down" the next part was pretty clear "Anything that jiggles, get rid of it, it's unwanted fat" I mean he was my health teacher of course I believed that. So lets do it, I'll take a look at my reflection Jump 1, Jump 2, we're aiming for perfection Tell me Mr. Health Teacher, does it bother you that my thighs touch Maybe that's a sign I might be eating too much Does it hurt you that my stomach flops around Just hangin out there, like friends going to town It must cause you physical pain that my arms jiggle And I have love handles around my middle It must really burn your ******* eyes That you can't see between my thighs It must **** with your heart That when I walk it moves my lady parts Like my ***** and my **** BUT IT'S ******* NORMAL, so what. I'm sorry that you don't seem to understand That I'll eat what I want because in America I can I'm not sorry on my behalf I'm just sorry you must have been raised on crack If you think you can tell me I'm overweight Because I had an extra piece of cake at lunch today Which is a bit over serving size But who even invented that **** and why do they get to decide I am not your clay model, that you can mold What I choose to put into my body is something you cannot control And for you to put in a child's mind that she needs to "drop a few pounds" Is something I won't allow Women at a young age are taught to adjust based on the ideas of a man Excuse me Society I have a different plan Where I love myself regardless of how "skinny" I need to be If I excersize I will do it for ME If I eat carrots instead of carrot cake It will be a choice that I decided to make Unless I'm on the verge of diabetes or a heart attack You have no right to sit there and call me fat Because naturally parts of me will move when I do Even if they move a little more than you And if I were you, I would start typing up a new curriculum Because the one you have now is making kids dumb That's All.
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Aug 26, 2013
Aug 26, 2013 at 3:13 AM UTC
Fat
When I was in sixth or sevent grade, I'm not sure which My health teacher gave the class some health tips At one point he told all of us kids to look in the mirror "Jump up and down" the next part was pretty clear "Anything that jiggles, get rid of it, it's unwanted fat" I mean he was my health teacher of course I believed that. So lets do it, I'll take a look at my reflection Jump 1, Jump 2, we're aiming for perfection Tell me Mr. Health Teacher, does it bother you that my thighs touch Maybe that's a sign I might be eating too much Does it hurt you that my stomach flops around Just hangin out there, like friends going to town It must cause you physical pain that my arms jiggle And I have love handles around my middle It must really burn your ******* eyes That you can't see between my thighs It must **** with your heart That when I walk it moves my lady parts Like my ***** and my **** BUT IT'S ******* NORMAL, so what. I'm sorry that you don't seem to understand That I'll eat what I want because in America I can I'm not sorry on my behalf I'm just sorry you must have been raised on crack If you think you can tell me I'm overweight Because I had an extra piece of cake at lunch today Which is a bit over serving size But who even invented that **** and why do they get to decide I am not your clay model, that you can mold What I choose to put into my body is something you cannot control And for you to put in a child's mind that she needs to "drop a few pounds" Is something I won't allow Women at a young age are taught to adjust based on the ideas of a man Excuse me Society I have a different plan Where I love myself regardless of how "skinny" I need to be If I excersize I will do it for ME If I eat carrots instead of carrot cake It will be a choice that I decided to make Unless I'm on the verge of diabetes or a heart attack You have no right to sit there and call me fat Because naturally parts of me will move when I do Even if they move a little more than you And if I were you, I would start typing up a new curriculum Because the one you have now is making kids dumb That's All.
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why make videos these days... they're easy target, for people who read, or largely (pretend to) read...    the bare minimum...    journalists with the equivalent of the bare minimum of journalism:   namely?                                   literacy. a journalist these days... wow!              they can read! they can write! read & write?! **** me! a double whammy!   you sure we shouldn't ascribe them policing stature &                                authority?! like...                                   simultaneously?! let's face it... they have investigate the double curriculum venture... we know how donkeys play the bet...        they gamble with a worth of a carrot, and always return with stick's worth of motivation to gamble stupid once more.
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Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018 at 9:15 PM UTC
modern day criticism of journalism
There is a great river this side of Stygia Before one comes to the first black cataracts And trees that lack the intelligence of trees. In that river, far this side of Stygia, The mere flowing of the water is a gayety, Flashing and flashing in the sun. On its banks, No shadow walks. The river is fateful, Like the last one. But there is no ferryman. He could not bend against its propelling force. It is not to be seen beneath the appearances That tell of it. The steeple at Farmington Stands glistening and Haddam shines and sways. It is the third commonness with light and air, A curriculum, a vigor, a local abstraction . . . Call it, one more, a river, an unnamed flowing, Space-filled, reflecting the seasons, the folk-lore Of each of the senses; call it, again and again, The river that flows nowhere, like a sea.
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The River Of Rivers In Connecticut
**Curriculum 1. Physics** *a) A body caught in motion b) Running on a wall c) Will learn the laws of gravity d) But only when they fall* 2. Chemistry *a) Base elements attraction b) Bonding for a spell c) Untouched, the noble beauty with d) Her perfect outer shell* 3. Mathematics *a) Relationships of numbers b) One and one is one c) When one and one adds up to two d) Relationships are done* 4. History *a) Lifetimes full of memories b) Secret moments shared c) To live and love most every day d) With ne'er a moment spared*
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 9:56 PM UTC
School of Life
For love A million positions available Requirements A curriculum vitae Not perfect in its application Remuneration A labour of glorious returns
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Jul 1, 2018
Jul 1, 2018 at 4:18 PM UTC
Apply within
she sits - eyes darting side to side, eating the atmosphere, chewing carefully, rosebud mouth moist, lips open a space, hands fidgeting in her shallow concaved lap .. woman leans forward to stroke wayward tendril from wide forehead - a sign of excellence to some just that, to others smart phrenology; tendril defies maternal meaning to spring like a diver from top board thrill to fall once more upon laughing brow, how young child loves the tickling touch she never receives from mother - she who urges piano practice, eight to ten, dancing lessons, eleven to one, geography, history and Latin tutelage with woman ancient her and morbid more, afternoon alternate curriculum and oboe, catechism, times-tables, spellings parroted.. when night calls child to sleep, she curls her softness into a knot, tight and unforgiving, ******** tears from sea blue eyes so they weep 'pon Egyptian cotton sheets to dilute the ***** drips of progidy’s day by day nightmare.. child needs, child yearns for what she does not know, kettle drum heart throbbing.. longs to run in meadows mossy bright, longs to see dirt under sweetheart nails; in dreams she rides ponies ******** and soars sky, dances clouds, kisses moon.. but then, morning vivid with sane insanity she wakes in an open cage, in a different room.. rebelled, she did, small fragile six year old; today, today, today her mind is empty, hands fluttering butterflies, eyes bright, innocence faded, but laughing..laughing..laughing, free.
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Jul 21, 2013
Jul 21, 2013 at 7:31 PM UTC
Sane insanity
she sits - eyes darting side to side, eating the atmosphere, chewing carefully, rosebud mouth moist, lips open a space, hands fidgeting in her shallow concaved lap .. woman leans forward to stroke wayward tendril from wide forehead - a sign of excellence to some just that, to others smart phrenology; tendril defies maternal meaning to spring like a diver from top board thrill to fall once more upon laughing brow, how young child loves the tickling touch she never receives from mother - she who urges piano practice, eight to ten, dancing lessons, eleven to one, geography, history and Latin tutelage with woman ancient her and morbid more, afternoon alternate curriculum and oboe, catechism, times-tables, spellings parroted.. when night calls child to sleep, she curls her softness into a knot, tight and unforgiving, ******** tears from sea blue eyes so they weep 'pon Egyptian cotton sheets to dilute the ***** drips of progidy’s day by day nightmare.. child needs, child yearns for what she does not know, kettle drum heart throbbing.. longs to run in meadows mossy bright, longs to see dirt under sweetheart nails; in dreams she rides ponies ******** and soars sky, dances clouds, kisses moon.. but then, morning vivid with sane insanity she wakes in an open cage, in a different room.. rebelled, she did, small fragile six year old; today, today, today her mind is empty, hands fluttering butterflies, eyes bright, innocence faded, but laughing..laughing..laughing, free.
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When the city lights are too bright Does it leave any room for the sun to rise? Feed your fields from the fluorescent lamp. I sit at my desk, do only as I’m told. The teachers drone And it would seem I have no future Because I take interest in nothing I don’t like to read and math is just too hard. My mind moves too quick for my eyes, for my fingers to move across the lines of text, but my lips and hands say anything and everything that needs to be said. I don’t know that knowledge they preach Pick up your pencils, read the prompt quickly but carefully, and you may begin. Tell me of you future What are your dreams Dream big! The sky is the limit but remember the sky is only just above your head... You may grow you may flourish, be all that you can be but know that you can only be you and you are not so big so tall so brilliant as those that walk above you. I want to be a firemen, an astronaut, a police officer, and a cowboy. She wants to be a nurse, a weather reporter, a vet, and a gold medalist. But they say these are a fools dreams. That I can only go as far as my legs will stretch and will never make it past the threshold of achievable, and my hands can only hold onto what my fingers are long enough to wrap around. There are shackles in that school. They teach me that I can do anything and everything that my heart desires... As long as I desire what they’ve placed in front of me. Pay no mind to that other shade of green. Follow suit, fall in line Put your pencils down Your time is up Hand your papers to the person sitting in front of you and remain silent for the remainder of the class.
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Mar 24, 2013
Mar 24, 2013 at 4:46 AM UTC
The Curriculum is Wack
When the city lights are too bright Does it leave any room for the sun to rise? Feed your fields from the fluorescent lamp. I sit at my desk, do only as I’m told. The teachers drone And it would seem I have no future Because I take interest in nothing I don’t like to read and math is just too hard. My mind moves too quick for my eyes, for my fingers to move across the lines of text, but my lips and hands say anything and everything that needs to be said. I don’t know that knowledge they preach Pick up your pencils, read the prompt quickly but carefully, and you may begin. Tell me of you future What are your dreams Dream big! The sky is the limit but remember the sky is only just above your head... You may grow you may flourish, be all that you can be but know that you can only be you and you are not so big so tall so brilliant as those that walk above you. I want to be a firemen, an astronaut, a police officer, and a cowboy. She wants to be a nurse, a weather reporter, a vet, and a gold medalist. But they say these are a fools dreams. That I can only go as far as my legs will stretch and will never make it past the threshold of achievable, and my hands can only hold onto what my fingers are long enough to wrap around. There are shackles in that school. They teach me that I can do anything and everything that my heart desires... As long as I desire what they’ve placed in front of me. Pay no mind to that other shade of green. Follow suit, fall in line Put your pencils down Your time is up Hand your papers to the person sitting in front of you and remain silent for the remainder of the class.
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The sentient clod in Book One, Sat up, cleaned up, removed his thumb. With leafless Eve and fruitful tree (made fertile with Theology) Gave rise to Sociology. Of all the ololgies to appear, Without this one we're not here. Buy in, ward of tribal wrath, Empathy's good for a sociopath.
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:13 AM UTC
Part I ("A Sapient Curriculum")
lâtin steplerinde doğarken iki cümle logo’ya adam asıyordu gözlüklü tilki federasyonu ben de aynı ilacı yazıyordum kendime vitamin niyetine aç karnına düzenli düzenliydim hatta düzenliydik ercan’la çıktı konusunda tanrı şahittir gripli resim asmadık gökyüzüne delisin oğlum derdi maximum olanından hem de prezentabl bulutlardık tepeden tırnağa manikürlü ufukta kızıl bir şal yolladık nihayet dank etti tilkinin kafasına gözüpek aslanlardık ya saldırıp antilop sürüsüne meyle günahlandık kimi kimiyse eksildik bir savaşta şimdiler’de deri işinde ercü bense sökemedim türkçe’yi henüz geniş plâtolu steplerde kimse bilmedi kim oldugumuzu nerde ve nasıl solduğumuzu adımıza curriculum vitae soyadımıza yok yazdı ceo’lar
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Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019 at 1:56 PM UTC
Curriculum Vitae
Here they come to seek a symbol of seaside sun - a cruise ship castaway, beached,rain stained, landlubbers hamock and griddle. But first they collapse me and curse me. Doing it properly should be part of their curriculum vitae, a test of nationality. Then I'm candy flossed, ice creamed, Blackpool rocked, salted and crisped, generally stuffed, while they lie back, roast and relax. Good job it's not a nudist beach.
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Dec 16, 2016
Dec 16, 2016 at 1:48 PM UTC
Lie Back and Think of England