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  • Come to Me

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    Justin Lauderdale
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    Come to me In my paradoxical land Of chilling comfort And deceptive hands   Find me in the bright shadows Where ideas live and die Where ego asks If I’m truly alive   Seek me in the pits of freedom Where past and future collide Where my decisions are weighed Against the future I make   So see…

  • The Chaotic World of Teaching Middle School

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    Justin Lauderdale
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    Around a year ago today, I completed my student teaching program and obtained my degree in English for Secondary Education. No, this is not a degree for teaching people how to speak English (that’s English as a second language), but rather a degree for teaching 6th-12th grade English. To complete this program, I had to…