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Virginia Giuffre, I am so sorry.

Virginia Giuffre, you did not deserve this.

I am a father of young daughters. Virginia Giuffre, you set a standard for my daughters: to stand up to to the aggressors. I am deeply grateful for that.

Virginia Giuffre, I will talk about you to my daughters.

Virginia Giuffre, we will remember you.

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6/6 I see parents on social media complain a lot about their kids' phones being taken. They are furious about the rule. "What if my child needs to contact me?" FYI, kids get their phones back at the end of class and have full access to it between classes and during their lunch break.

This boring little story is a great example of why they shouldn't have phones during class time.

Not all kids cheat, but the ones who will cause rules to be written.

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5/6 The parent (the mom) confronted my daughter at the game yesterday & told her "I'm an attorney." (I laughed at that one). The mom had approached the coach of the varsity team complaining plus told my daughter that "none of the parents like you". My daughter couldn't care less.

The principal had previous encounters with the parents and described them as "problem parents" and gave my daughter his full support.

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4/6 The parent blamed my daughter for exposing her daughter's cheating & claimed the action was because my daughter is racist. The student is bi-racial. The parent also accused my daughter of not playing her daughter in games, which was not true. She did pull her from one game when the cheating was exposed.

All the kids in question are HS freshmen.

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2/6 The complaint didn't originate from anything on the field or in the dugout. Girls had been discussing how to cheat on an upcoming exam in her presence & one girl described how she would do it.

My daughter contacted the other teacher & told her about the student & her plans. She did warn the girls first that they would be reported.

1/6 My daughter has taught HS for 17-18 years. She doesn't put up with BS from students or parents. She's also coaching the girls' junior varsity softball team, primarily because the 2 people, (both parents) who applied couldn't pass the district background check.

Yesterday, a parent of one of the players called her a racist & even filed a complaint with her school principal.

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Aha! THIS is ideal science:
CURIOSITY, clear communication,
respect (actual) corrections from anywhere,
honest effort to test and learn, and
share what you know with anyone interested.

youtube.com/watch?v=nJjPH3TQif

It's not easy, but these are each necessary. I'm using 'science' here like STEM or STEAM.
So I broadly refer to a scientific method but also engineering expertise, mathematical review, and humanities' impact on supporting any of this to happen at all.

Ignoring currency hoarding by money addicts, the rest of us are here to enjoy contentment.
We can make real discoveries, inventions, and connect ideas to find useful applications.

(Also petition to call Dark Matter instead Clear Matter.)