tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68591849141581398352024-03-13T03:32:34.471-07:00Tales from Thailand and beyondAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-35073207688547470162015-01-02T16:58:00.003-08:002015-01-15T16:14:33.686-08:00Books read in 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
Here are most of the books I read in 2014. My goal was 50 and I made it thanks to audio books. I think I will keep the goal at 50 books for 2015 and try to get all the rest of the Newbery award winners read as well. </div>
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<li><u>Poisonwood Bible </u>by Barbara Kingsolver </li>
<li><u>Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring </u>by J.R.R. Tolkien</li>
<li><u>Lord of the Rings- Two Towers </u>by J.R.R. Tolkien</li>
<li><u>Kisses from Katie </u>by Katie Davis</li>
<li><u>Peter and the Starcatchers </u>by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson</li>
<li><u>Midnight for Charlie Bone </u>by Jenny Nimmo</li>
<li><u>Redwall </u>by Brian Jacques<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></li>
<li><u>The Whipping Boy </u>by Sid Fleischman</li>
<li><u>A Gathering of Days </u>by Joan W. Blos</li>
<li><u>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang </u>by Ian Fleming</li>
<li><u>Crispin</u> by Avi</li>
<li><u>M.C. Higgins, The Great </u>by Virginia Hamilton</li>
<li><u>The Family Under the Bridge </u>by Natalie Savage Carlson</li>
<li><u>Dreams and Visions: Muslims' Miraculous Journey to JESUS </u>by Rick Kronk</li>
<li><u>The Cricket in Times Square </u>by George Selden</li>
<li><u>The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 </u>by Christopher Paul Curtis</li>
<li><u>Loser </u>by Jerry Spinelli</li>
<li><u>Ida B. </u><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u> </u>Katherine Hannigan</span></span></li>
<li><u>The Doll People </u>by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin</li>
<li><u>A Single Shard </u>by Linda Sue Park</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Esperanza Rising </span>by Pam Munoz Ryan</li>
<li><u>Jotham's Journey </u>by Arnold Ytreeide</li>
<li><u>Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm </u>by Kate Douglas Wiggin</li>
<li><u>Penny from Heaven </u>by Jennifer L. Holm</li>
<li><u>If you want to Walk on Water, you've got to get Out of the Boat </u>by John Ortberg</li>
<li><u>The Fault in Our Stars </u>John Green</li>
<li><u>Know Fear </u>by Ed Young Jr</li>
<li><u>The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone </u>by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black</li>
<li><u>Traveling Light </u>by Max Lucado</li>
<li><u>Anne of Green Gables</u> by Lucy Maud Montgomery </li>
<li><u>Anna of Avonlea </u>by Lucy Maud Montgomery</li>
<li><u>Frindle </u>by Andrew Clements</li>
<li><u>Pictures of Hollis Woods</u> by Patricia Reilly Giff</li>
<li><u>Anne of the Island </u>by Lucy Maud Montgomery</li>
<li><u>Anne of Windy Poplars </u>by Lucy Maud Montgomery</li>
<li><u>Reliving the Passion: Meditations on the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus as recorded in Mark </u>by Alter Wangerin</li>
<li><u>The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson </u>by Bette Lord</li>
<li><u>Anne's House of Dreams </u>by L.M. Montgomery</li>
<li><u>Radical </u> by David Platt</li>
<li><u>Follow Me </u>by David Platt</li>
<li><u>Harriet the Spy </u>by Louise Fitzhugh</li>
<li><u>Strawberry Girl </u>by Lois Lenski</li>
<li><u>When You Reach Me </u>by Rebecca Stead</li>
<li><u>Just Grace </u>by Charise Mericle Harper</li>
<li><u>Accommodating and Educating Somali Students in MN Schools </u>by Mohamed Farid and Don McMahan</li>
<li><u>Rules </u>by Cynthia Lord</li>
<li><u>Anne of Ingleside </u>by L.M. Montgomery</li>
<li><u>Bird in a Box </u>by Andrea Davis Pinkney</li>
<li><u>Rainbow Valley </u>by L.M. Montgomery</li>
<li><u>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</u> by Brian Selznick</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-41748088999423387782014-11-22T07:56:00.002-08:002014-11-22T07:56:37.312-08:00Jolly Rancher<div style="text-align: center;">
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This is a boy who gets picked on daily. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-47787270535428022982014-11-09T19:04:00.001-08:002014-11-09T19:04:46.848-08:00Break my heart...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I love this quote and really want to be able to say it honestly, but oh it hurts so much!</div>
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There is so much hurt in the world....how can my heart not be broken by things happening not just across the world, but in my own backyard:</div>
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kids with no home to call their own</div>
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kids who yell, kick, and hit as their way to cope with abuse</div>
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kids who swear and threaten others because of ????</div>
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kids who have no one to love them</div>
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kids that are bullied </div>
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kids that feel like that they will never succeed</div>
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kids who don't get a good meal at night</div>
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kids with disabilities that struggle to learn each day</div>
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It is reality and it is not just far away in another country. I don't want to believe it. I don't know how to deal with it and make it better. </div>
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I feel like I am not enough...I am weak...I am unable...I am overwhelmed...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-5557010703598273092014-11-05T18:57:00.000-08:002014-11-05T18:57:22.806-08:00Thankful....<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>So many things to be thankful for....</b></div>
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Being able to celebrate birthdays with family for the 1st time in 3 years!</div>
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<i>A 9 year old birthday party for a nephew and a 90th party for my Grandma</i></div>
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Meeting college students from Brasil!</div>
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Fall leaves pretty on the trees and fun to kick on the ground...</div>
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Hugs from students....especially on the rough days</div>
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People making decisions to follow the Lord</div>
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New and old friends in St. Cloud and the Cities</div>
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Voting in person for the first time in 3 years</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-13118485458125610752014-10-04T20:37:00.002-07:002014-10-04T20:37:38.173-07:00Adjusting...<div style="text-align: center;">
I haven't posted much since get back to the US. </div>
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I think it is a mixture of a few things:</div>
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<i>not sure how to explain what it is like to come back to your "home culture" to live after 3 years</i></div>
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<i>not sure who would read my blog now</i></div>
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<i>laziness </i></div>
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These are the reasons, but hopefully soon I will figure out the direction of the blog. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-54418760446402979552014-07-24T17:07:00.000-07:002014-07-24T17:07:37.288-07:00Summer photos....<div style="text-align: center;">
I haven't disappeared and I still hope to use my blog to update everyone on my life, share stories, and hopefully challenge myself as well as others. </div>
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Of course applying for jobs, washing dishes, and babysitting doesn't make for that exciting of posts....but here are a few fun snapshots of my summer...</div>
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I really don't mind 30+ hours of travel....but I feel like I was really losing it by the end of the trip :) </div>
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After the close to 5 hours flight to Korea I was going to try to go on a free bus tour. My friends happily walked with me to get more information about the tour. I was told that I did have to go through immigration and then the guy gave me forms to fill out for immigration....He quickly filled out one form and had me fill out the other. He was talking to me the whole time and I was tired, so I started to write my home address as the one we had over 11 years ago! Of course it is where I lived for the first 21 years of my life....but still! </div>
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In between my two one hour tours around the airport my backpack started to break. It was a fairly cheap (aka knock-off) Northface backpack. It was packed pretty heavy with books, etc. I had my flip-flops in both side pockets. Now you must know that I LOVE my Havaianas and my friend got them for me from Brasil after I ran my other pair to nothingness. </div>
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Well, I got all the way to LAX for my last flight which was a full flight so they wanted people to check their bags if possible. I had my two 50lbs already checked and dreamed of not having to carry this backpack through another airport...but it was breaking and my black Havaiana kept falling out. In my sleepy state I decided to check the backpack. </div>
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When I arrived at my final destination I went to baggage claim and grabbed my two suitcase and then my backpack. Unfortunately I only had 3 of my 4 flip flops. I waited to see if it would come, but the belt was empty. I sheepishly went to the Delta man and asked if they could see if they could find my flip flop. He was slightly confused when I said I was missing a Brasilian flip flop, but had just come from Thailand. He talked to the guy who was driving the carts and he said he hadn't seen a flip flop anywhere. The man kindly said that I could go to their website and give a description of it and if they found it they would mail it to me.</div>
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I got home and was telling the very sad story of my flip flop to my parents. I was planning on filling out the lost item claim with Delta just in case it would show up. Right before heading to bed I opened my backpack and there was my HAVAIANA! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-44853570981130028182014-06-25T21:04:00.002-07:002014-06-25T21:04:22.020-07:00Slowly<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Fitness</b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-48656040309998383722014-05-31T00:12:00.000-07:002014-05-31T00:12:14.243-07:00packing?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>Ok, that didn't help at all. I can just hear the dogs barking...</li>
<li>Some people never have power- so stop complaining</li>
<li>Close your eyes and try to sleep....hmmm maybe it is almost morning- nope only a half an hour has past.</li>
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<li>You should really not complain others in the neighborhood were without power for over twelve hours last night. It has only been one hour.</li>
<li>Oh, I hope school isn't canceled because of no power- I want to see my students and get things done.</li>
<li>When will it come on...there is curfew so probably no one is working on it.</li>
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<li>A mattress like this would be nice in the cold weather, so stop complaining.</li>
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Last year my roommates and I went to every 7- Eleven in the downtown part of the city that we live in. It might not sound that amazing to you unless you know Thailand....there are 7s EVERYWHERE! I can't remember the grand total, but it took us around 107 minutes and we had to buy something in every store. </div>
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This year we decided to do a photo scavenger hunt in another part of the town...together! We came up with some crazy ideas...here are a few of them.</div>
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Our faithful tuk-tuk driver who was SO glad that this year we didn't have a time limit. Apparently last year he was very nervous that we wouldn't get to all the 7s in the time allowed :)</div>
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Making a human 7- 11 outside of 7-11! Our poor tuk-tuk driver didn't get what we were trying to do until we explained it to him. I think he thought I was just being crazy with my hands sticking out...but I clearly look like a "7" right?</div>
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Warning at a temple.... not sure if I shared this already- but good advice if you are a tourist in Thailand.</div>
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I forgot sunscreen on Saturday.... we had just gotten off of a minibus and I wasn't thinking when I left the hotel to go and eat and see the town...but it didn't take long to remember that I was going to burn! We were out in the middle of nowhere with the sun beating down on my WHITE face :( </div>
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Actually it was not as bad as I thought it might be...and it is slowly fading. Nevertheless I did need to put some aloe on it, so when I got home on Sunday night I went out to the Aloe Vera plant and got some aloe! My roommate told me that there are Aloe Vera plants in the US, but I had never even thought of where aloe come from before coming to Thailand. </div>
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I experienced my first earthquake on Monday night. It was probably just under 5.8 where I live, but it was still a little too much for me. My roommates and I were busy having a fun adventure on a day off of school (Thai holiday) when we felt the ground move. I was so thankful I wasn't in the Tuk-tuk at the time as our driver/friend said it was rocking back and forth! </div>
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I felt 2 of the 180+ aftershocks very well over these last two days. I am wondering if the dizzy/ lightheaded feeling is from the earth moving or something else?! </div>
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My last month in Thailand for I don't know how long. This will be a busy month with lots of hard goodbyes, but also lots of opportunities for memories to be made! </div>
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Run/walk for 40k<br />
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Review Thai vocab/letters daily (5-10 min)</div>
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Photo books- work on one of them </div>
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Atlas finished (school related)<br />
Go through room and throw stuff out- got to get pretty far on this- only have about 140lbs I can keep<br />
Library organized and ready for the summer and next year (school related)<br />
Cards for Seniors<br />
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Overnight trip with friends<br />
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Curly Girl night... I am excited to plan this and see who comes :)<br />
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Run/walk for 40k <i>I only kept track of 31k but I know that I walked a lot more than I counted in Australia. Still it wasn't as much as I had hoped. There is always next month :)</i><br />
<strike>200 push-ups</strike> <i>I still need to keep on working on these...I still can only do girl ones :(</i><br />
<strike>200 sit-ups</strike><i><strike> </strike> I don't know if I am actually getting stronger or if it is getting easier but I did it! </i><br />
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Read 4 books <i>Just got three books read this month</i></div>
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Review Thai vocab/letters daily (5-10 min) <i>I failed at this in April :( I have studied, but I didn't study as much as I should have on my vacation. </i></div>
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Finish 20 pages of my photo-book for 2nd year in Thailand (school year 2012-2013) <i>I should just remove this goal because it never gets done!</i></div>
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Newsletter/Prayer letter<i> I am doing some other things this month as far as newsletters...I am still working on them.</i></div>
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<strike>8 blog posts</strike> <i>I got this done! I didn't even have to use this as the 8th one...of course they weren't that exciting...have to work more on that...</i></div>
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<strike>Atlas up-to-date for all grades- K-6th (school related)</strike> <i>Woohoo finished this one on the 30th! Now I just have to update it as I finish the lessons I am teaching in May. </i><br />
<strike>Application to a school finished and emailed</strike> <i>I finished this one and I also updated other applications</i><br />
File Cabinet- organized for lesson materials (school related) <i>still needs some work but getting better</i><br />
<strike>Notes to supporters (you might not get them in April...but they will have been sent)</strike><i> sending the last ones out on May 1st...but finished writing them all in April.</i></div>
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<strike>Trip to visit friends/ former co-workers in Australia!</strike> <i>This was such a fun trip! We got to visit 3 different friends (families) and also get a lot of sighting seeing in at the same time! I love traveling to places where I know people! </i><br />
<strike>Roommate "date"</strike> <i>Got nails done before I left and then dinner together at the end of April. </i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-72983359860587575182014-04-29T08:44:00.000-07:002014-04-29T08:44:31.203-07:00Happy Birthday to me?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I am feeling so blessed today!</div>
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Happy Birthday sign outside the library. A cake in the office along with everyone singing to me.</div>
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A card/book full of pictures of yummy sweets and notes from co-workers. Chocolate brought to me throughout the day by students and friends. The day finished with my 3rd grade class singing me happy birthday again.</div>
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My roommate sure knows how to make "birthdays" special!</div>
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Quick layover in Malaysia ...</div>
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We took a bus, a train, a LRT and then hurried outside for this photo of proof that we were in Malaysia before getting some food with friends and heading back to the airport! Best way to spend a 7 hour layover!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-25444504295966493782014-04-27T07:38:00.003-07:002014-04-27T07:38:40.125-07:00Same, Same...but different<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Karla with Koalas, Kangaroos and Emus?! </div>
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No wonder it didn't like me...</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08361399221797663098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859184914158139835.post-6016739089614434032014-04-11T06:48:00.000-07:002014-04-11T06:48:00.044-07:00Book Character Day- just some crazy elementary staff....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here are some of the fun people I get to work with each day! This is pretty much all the staff that don't have classrooms- secretaries, principal, nurses, art teacher, PE teacher, music teacher, librarians...</div>
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Telling the students how many minutes we read for...close to 600,000 minutes!</div>
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Can you guess which of the seven dwarfs I am?</div>
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