Reads of the Week #21

Here are seven things I read this week that made me think, inspired me or taught me something I didn’t know 

Ellen Metcalf: Government-Sponsored Agencies Dispense Harmful Advice on Leaving Certificate

Eric Nebbia: Ways Teachers Avoid Saying “No.” 

Gary Kaye: Education is a marathon, not a sprint 

HeatherBellaF: The Hydra

The Quirky Teacher: Are teachers their own worst enemy?

Interesting Literature Blog: A short history of word ‘serendipity’ and its literary origins

From the Archives of the Irish Times May 30th, 1959: The first VW ever built outside Germany was assembled in Ballsbridge

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