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#Biblebuffet

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 27, 2016
  • Post category:Religion
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Protip: If you're using The Bible to justify your opposition to gay marriage, please don't forget to declare your disobedient, stubborn, and/or rebellious son a "drunkard and a glutton" and…

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Read more about the article I hate meetings this much.

I hate meetings this much.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 26, 2016
  • Post category:Autobiography/Teaching
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Want to know how much I hate meetings?In August of 1999, I began my teaching career. Each school year starts off with a series of meetings a couple days before…

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Read more about the article Boy vs. Girl: Episode 28 – Going gray, the reading habits of men, and infertility

Boy vs. Girl: Episode 28 – Going gray, the reading habits of men, and infertility

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 25, 2016
  • Post category:Boy Vs. Girl/Podcast
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In this week's episode, Rachel and I discuss going gray, the reading habits of men, and infertility.You can listen here or - better yet - subscribe to our podcast in…

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In need of a little quiet

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 25, 2016
  • Post category:Books/Family
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Look who I found on the stairs, hiding from her brother so she could read in peace. 

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Teachers: Stop assigning word problems. It’s a problem.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 24, 2016
  • Post category:Teaching
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My daughter was working on her math homework last night.Side note: First graders should not have homework. The research is exceedingly clear and unequivocal in this regard. Homework is meaningless…

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In favor of simplicty

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 23, 2016
  • Post category:Autobiography
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On Saturday, during my daughter's dance recital, I was charged with keeping my son entertained during the hour-plus chasm between her first and second performances. I took the hungry boy to…

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If I could travel to the past, 13 things I would do differently (without risking my current existence)

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 22, 2016
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Time travel is a dangerous piece of business.I have argued that the greatest super power - without question - would be the ability to travel in time. That said, I…

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How I don’t write

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 21, 2016
  • Post category:Books
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This is how Susan Orleans writes.I can't even. 

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Read more about the article TEDxTheCountrySchool: Speak Less. Expect More.

TEDxTheCountrySchool: Speak Less. Expect More.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 20, 2016
  • Post category:Teaching/TED
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This is a TEDx Talk that I delivered in April of 2016 at The Country School in Madison, CT. The conference was run almost exclusively by the students of the…

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Cold, hard truth from a middle school boy that explains why many people want to succeed but few do.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 19, 2016
  • Post category:Poetry/Productivity Tip
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A middle school student reading a poem onstage at a TEDx Talk said this:"You are who you want to be."This is some cold, hard truth.That is a truth that many…

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