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Laurie Levy

Laurie Levy

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Mar 22, 2023

Life is Not a Rubric

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”

Life is Not a Rubric

Laurie Levy

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Sep 30, 2021

Pandemic Reflections from a Grandparent: Fall 2021

The summer that was supposed to be different, but wasn’t, has passed. While the days are still warm, darkness descends earlier and nights…

Pandemic Reflections from a Grandparent: Fall 2021

Laurie Levy

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Aug 27, 2021

“I Think What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate”*

A veterinarian told me things were awful at work. In addition to being busy seeing a huge influx of pandemic pets, everything took more…

“I Think What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate”*

Laurie Levy

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Jul 30, 2021

The Vaccinated Are Getting Mad as Hell

I live in a blue bubble. Evanston, Illinois, home of Northwestern University, leans left. I live in a condo in which people still wear…

The Vaccinated Are Getting Mad as Hell

Laurie Levy

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Jul 19, 2021

Is my Child’s Teacher Vaccinated?

And do I have the right to ask?

Is my Child’s Teacher Vaccinated?

Laurie Levy

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May 27, 2021

Thank You Eric Carle

When I started teaching preschool in the early 1980s, my go to book was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The two and…

Thank You Eric Carle

Laurie Levy

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May 24, 2021

Do You Want to Sit in the Vaccinated or Non-Vaccinated Section?

It wasn’t that long ago that I would be asked “Smoking or non-smoking” when I went to a restaurant. And I remember when airplanes attempted…

Do You Want to Sit in the Vaccinated or Non-Vaccinated Section?

Laurie Levy

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May 12, 2021

Please Mr. Postman

In 1961, the first version of the song Please Mr. Postman, the Marvelettes sang,

Please Mr. Postman

Laurie Levy

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Mar 30, 2021

Not Leaving on a Jet Plane

Recently, a college student who had spent a semester on the west coast needed to return home to the Midwest. Her parents had booked a…

Not Leaving on a Jet Plane

Laurie Levy

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Mar 8, 2021

Women’s Rights: What my Granddaughters Need to Know

When my granddaughter was twelve years old and had declared her intention to be the first woman president, she was shocked to learn that…

Women’s Rights: What my Granddaughters Need to Know

Laurie Levy

Laurie Levy

Boomer. Educator. Advocate. Eclectic topics: grandkids, special needs, values, aging, loss, & whatever. Author: Terribly Strange and Wonderfully Real.

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