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Transcript: Hey everyone! It has been a minute. In December, I decided to take a break from YouTube, my blog, and all the other social media things in order to get myself in a strong place for the start of 2025. There are a lot of awesome things I have planned for this year, including
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If you’ve been following my channel—or if you’re new here—you’ve probably gathered that I’m a huge fan of reading. There are so many reasons for this: 1) it’s fun, 2) it’s educational, and 3) there’s so much we gain from reading that we don’t even realize while we’re doing it. Each book offers unique insights,
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There are many fights to be fought, but we can’t fight them all—even those we’re passionate about. As Bilbo Baggins said, it would make us “feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” With rising mental health issues and the limited impact of spreading ourselves too thin, we must choose our
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At the end of September, most libraries and English teachers will be celebrating Banned Book Week, a time of the year to raise awareness of the harmful nature of banning books. As an English teacher in Texas, which banned over 4,000 books last year, this is a cause I feel really strongly about. Everything’s bigger
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We live in a culture that believes if you struggle with reading then you’re somehow an idiot. And yet, we also live in a culture that doesn’t truly support readers, especially struggling ones. There seems to be this belief among many, even experienced educators, that reading develops naturally over time. It doesn’t. Currently, I am
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The book launch surpassed expectations, with love from family and friends. Reading and Q&A were well-received, marking the start of a fulfilling author journey.
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As a one-on-one teacher, the best part of my job is getting to curate a list of book recommendations for my students based on their interests, reading levels, and books they’ve liked or disliked in the past. While my students will typically only read two or three of these books (the most a student has
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