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Author Archives: Harry Brake
Echoes of Reflection…
I truly remember the disbelief as a student informed me of the crazy scene unfolding before us, I was an educator at Penn Hills High School, a student told me something unbelievable and there we all were, a class new … Continue reading
It Comes Out To Shaking Things Up…
As my usual weird routine, return from school – exhausted, and hit the bed and I am OUT. O U T. Wake up at weird times at night, usually right around 11:20 PM, and stay up for the time I … Continue reading
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No Lonely Roads Really Exist…
“This will always be your home.” A very very dear friend, who I definitely did NOT spend enough time with while in Mexico, Violeta Elena, was one of the first, and not the last to say this as I prepared … Continue reading
Not a Mirage…
I will remember that day – locked into my memory forever. Yet it was only a start. Walking alongside the back athletic fields of Seaford High, you could see the heat waves in the air and no kidding, there he … Continue reading
Looking at Yourself, With The World Looking In…
In the last few days, I have had moments of tranquility following many many non moments of tranquility – from moving across continents to seemingly split decisions, fast-paced moments that honestly do not seem to give you time to recognize … Continue reading
What Does Starting a School Year Mean?
DISCLAIMER – the info and connections below? 100% inspired by the Woodbridge Student Services Team – and they ROCKED IT, let me tell you. You will see. Yes, it does not matter WHERE you are, because a 2017-2018 school year … Continue reading
Three Sheets to the Wind…
Normally, that phrase indicates you being pretty out of shape due to a rough night before, or in my case, when I woke, I felt, as usual, a hundred times better with a few hours sleep but the urge to get going … Continue reading
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Second Day of “Life is a Highway Feeling”…
Although the second day, awaking after a first long drive night and groggy awakening to an early, damp, wet day- honestly the first day my nerves began to settle down a BIT, after being on the road. “Operation animal exit” … Continue reading
Into the Night…
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Many of us that remember that amazing graduation speech with Ms Ramon, associate Dylan … Continue reading
Jumping Out of the Plan, into the Open, and Sometimes Empty Expectations and Ultimately, the Road.
I still wake up lately, in a sudden jump and flash, startled, in the middle of the night, with this urgency I have to run and dash out of bed, to get to somewhere before a certain time. That feeling … Continue reading
