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Happy Holidays, Diane!
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And to all. My best gift this year was a Donor’s Choose project. My family knows me well.
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My father’s first cousin used to call me and say “Christmas Gift”. It was some old tradition. Christmas Gift, everyone!
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LIKE that! The gift of a relative’s voice. Priceless!
(& I don’t miss those Visa or M/C “priceless” commercials one bit.
Wish the cars w/bows would also begone.)
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The happiest of holidays to you, your wife, your kids, and the rest of your family, Diane! And thanks for the gift of you to our nation’s schoolchildren and teachers!
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Well said, Bob. Have a great one, all.
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Happy Holidays to Diane and all the brilliant commenters who meet here in this precious site to advocate for the real public schools and their devoted teachers. Diane’s blog gives me hope that we will have a better new year in 2020. This blog site is the gift that keeps on giving, thanks to Diane’s super human efforts.
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“This blog site is the gift that keeps on giving, thanks to Diane’s super human efforts.”
Exactly right.
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Yes, Bob and Joe Jersey and other brilliant folks on this website, my best to Diane, a phenom we are lucky to have on our side
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Thank you, Diane. And a very blessed holiday to you and yours! Your light shines so bright for us all!
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Thank you for all the work you do on behalf of our public schools. Have a joyous holiday with your loved ones!
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Diane, hope you and your family have a fantastic holiday season and the best New Year 2020 ever.
Thank you for the fantastic work that you do to make people aware of the injustices that continue to occur in this country. We are indebted to you to always speak the truth…and the truth will set us free.
The quote “And the truth shall set you free.” comes from the Bible, John 8:32.
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Happy Holidays to you and your family. I am really looking forward to kicking some billionaire butt in 2020. See you in Philadelphia.
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“God bless us, every one!”
Non-believers too!
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And same to you, good woman!
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Happy holidays to everyone here–all thanks to Diane, &, thank you, Diane, for keeping your living room civil, readable, brilliant, influential (curious minds want to know, and want to affect action which, while speaking louder than words (one of Mom’s {o.b.m.} favorite adages), can only come through the kind of communication as provided on this “site to discuss better education for all.”
Happy, healthy, joyful holidays & may 2020 be better than the last for years…for each & every person in this world.
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We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Enya
Sep 13, 2014
A beautiful holiday video set to the song “We Wish You A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” by Enya. It is truly a blessing to be able to spend Christmas with family and friends and to be able to start a new year of life. I hope everyone viewing this wonderful video and listening to this beautiful song truly does have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Happy Holidays, Diane and ALL.
Enjoy Krashen re: Language Acquisition
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