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By: “Uninspired” Tom’s Laugh-Out-Loud End-of-School Year Post | Beyond School

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:20:43 +0000

[...] propped Tom, writer of “Stop Trying to Inspire Me,” on these pages before, and this comment I left on his post today is true: My wife yelled from the other room on five [...]

By: Of Little Pricks and April Fools | Beyond School

Of Little Pricks and April Fools | Beyond School — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:32:35 +0000

[...] like radicals, rebels, and bad boys - but only if they’re “good men.”* My definition of “good”? We could boil it down to the absence of resentment [...]

By: A Day in the Life » Blog Archive » I read the news today oh, boy

A Day in the Life » Blog Archive » I read the news today oh, boy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:09:06 +0000

[...] - I’d add, primarily for the purpose of college application bullets (I blog about him here. He’s wicked funny and smart too. Check him out for a hilariously honest view of teaching [...]

By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:37:01 +0000

Tom,

Sorry for the late reply. It _is_ cool. Cooler still, somebody in my Twitter network tweeted to tell me you teach in the room next to her.

Keep up the great writing, man. It’s a cold winter breeze that knocks the dead leaves off the trees.

Clay Burell’s last blog post..“Quick In, Quick Out” Podcast: PLN Class Design Discussion with Cleveland, Maryland, NYC, Qatar, and Seoul

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:28:22 +0000

Wow, thanks. While I do have to say that I think that’s the first time anyone’s ever called me a “bad boy,” I do appreciate the post. Very cool!

Now, hopefully I’ll get around to posting again instead of spending all my time concentrating on stuff like grading papers and writing midterm exams. You know, stuff that gets in the way of blogging
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