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“You’re a Monster, Matthew Dicks”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 24, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Exciting, thrilling, over-the-moon announcement: On July 30 and 31, I'll be performing (and recording) a solo show at Theaterworks, a beautiful theater in downtown Hartford. The title of the show…

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Rightly assuming the worst

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 23, 2023
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On Friday, I found myself walking down the hallway of my school, minutes away from picking up my students at Spanish class, when I heard over the intercom: "Hello? Hello?"…

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Playgrounds have gotten soft over the years

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 22, 2023
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My school has a brand new playground. It's lovely. The students are enjoying it quite a bit. A couple of kids expressed concern over an apparatus that seemed a little…

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Writing a letter is highly recommended. Receiving one is even better.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 21, 2023
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One of my goals for the last five years has been to write at least 100 letters each year. Old-fashioned, snail mail letters,  written or printed on paper or cardstock…

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Speak Up Storytelling on Saturday, April 22, 2023!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 20, 2023
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Just a few days before our first Speak Up Storytelling show of 2023! SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM at the Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library Great stories!…

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Oreo torque and torsion

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 20, 2023
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A team of MIT scientists - yes, a team - conducted an experiment using more than 1,000 Oreos and a rheometer to test if there is a way to reliably…

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Running in the wrong direction

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 19, 2023
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I was sitting at a table in Reagan International Airport, pecking away on my computer, waiting for my next flight, when a man began screaming somewhere down the terminal. It…

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Inspiration breeds inspiration

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 18, 2023
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On Thursday, I spoke about writing at a TEDx Talk in Natick, Massachusetts. Later, during the reception, I was approached by a woman who told me that years ago, she…

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Breaks rules is not a negative trait

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 17, 2023
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I was completing a checklist on a child to determine if they required additional academic support: Hundreds of questions designed to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses. Question #68 asked:…

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Plastic and decapitated

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 16, 2023
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Our April vacation comes to an end today. Tomorrow I will return to my classroom and my fifth-grade students, who do things like place decapitated Kristoff from "Frozen" on my…

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