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I Love a Good Coupon

I Love a Good Coupon

Ryan walked in from the garage yesterday with four loosely bundled newspapers up to his chin, plopped them on the counter and started flipping through them. “Left-overs?”  I said.  He had just gotten back from delivering papers from his once-weekly paper route. “Yeah, and these have great coupons in them!” I love it when kids act like good consumers.  It’s a learned skill; kids don’t usually automatically scour the paper for coupons.  But when they are responsible for buying their own stuff…well…

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Ryan's Geometry Book

Ryan's Geometry Book

Ryan’s geometry book has been sitting on top of the dryer for about two weeks.  I finally got tired of looking at it and asked him about it this morning.  “Oh yeah, that’s our book,”  he said.  I was a little confused.  I don’t remember buying a geometry book. “They wouldn’t take it back because the edges are all frayed since it’s been in my backpack.”  Apparently the book is the first in a two part series and when the…

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The Mysterious Dollars

The Mysterious Dollars

Every Monday I pop $5 into a special pocket of both my boys’ backpacks.  The money is to cover two days of eating lunch in the school cafeteria.  They could pick any two days but need to let me know in advance because, yes it’s true, I still pack their bag lunches on non-cafeteria days.  One Monday I noticed that there were two dollar bills in Ryan’s special pocket.  If there had been two dollars and fifty cents I wouldn’t…

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Chipotle

Chipotle

I started teaching summer math camps in 2002 for elementary aged kids.  I must admit the reason for teaching them was selfish.  As a former classroom teacher who emphasized hands-on learning I wanted my two boys to be exposed to the activities I taught my 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.  My boys are older now (13 and 15) but they still come with me when I teach the camps.  The reasons are different.  Working with small groups of kids, Nathan,…

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