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Marriage as the cure, America’s reality problem

May 23, 2017September 13, 2012 by Shay

America has a reality problem and it ain’t Snooki, J-Wow and Honey Boo. Americans are stuck in the dreams of yesterday and a place and time where life was a lot more black and white and not the shades of grey that have become the reality of modern day life in America. Our reality problem …

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Categories class, Current Events Tags Americans in poverty, poverty, single mothers

Got a bench? The bench thief strikes in BGIM land

May 23, 2017September 12, 2012 by Shay

The past several days in BGIM land have just been insane! My work life is going at full speed, as the little agency that I head is growing into a not so little agency. I admit, it’s a little scary to oversee such rapid growth as we watch not only our budget grow but just …

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Categories Random babble 4 Comments

When the teachers left the classroom, an inconvenient moment

May 7, 2020September 10, 2012 by Shay

My hometown of Chicago is all in a tizzy as public school teachers went on strike for the first time in 25 years. Growing up, I remember the teachers being on strike a lot, granted that is no comfort to the hundreds of thousands of parents scrambling today with their kids, many whom need to …

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Categories Current Events Tags Chicago Public Schools, teacher's strike Chicago 2 Comments
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