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Ms. Toad

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36. The blizzard saved my 11 year teaching career.

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:11 AM

Dec 2022

I was supposed to student teach in the spring semester for a certain number of hours. No allowance for being sick. Unfortunately, over winter break I was diagnosed with mononucleosis, and not allowed out for the first week of the semester. Since the blizzard shut down everything and student teaching was impossible, the state allowed me to get my teaching certificate.

I taught in an inner city school for the next 11 years, which would have been impossible without a teaching certificate.

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Good morning from Seaman, Ohio. It is - 5 with a wind chill of -30. [View all] SamKnause Dec 2022 OP

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It'll be that cold in my location very soon EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #12

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The blizzard saved my 11 year teaching career. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #36

Very interesting story. llmart Dec 2022 #57

I'm in the greater megalopolis of Cleveland-Akron-Canton EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #58

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So far True Blue American Dec 2022 #15

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One side of my driveway is clear, no snow! True Blue American Dec 2022 #26

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My street was plowed, too.I am not going anywhere. True Blue American Dec 2022 #42

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I had to go outside this morning to feed my feral colony zuul Dec 2022 #31

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I did the same yesterday when it was 45 degrees. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #24

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Baby snow. Corgigal Dec 2022 #50

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At the moment, we're at 40 degrees with light rain peggysue2 Dec 2022 #54

Well, I have a story to tell. Back when I was a teenager near Boston, Dysfunctional Dec 2022 #55