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May 25, 2022

Maybe changing school board policy is the way to help curb school shootings

As I hugged my wife goodbye this morning, tears streaming down her face because it happened. Again. She sort of said something in passing, certainly borne out of sadness and frustration, but also bathed in brilliance. “I wish we could just close schools the day after this happens. Maybe then…

School Safety

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Maybe changing school board policy is the way to help curb school shootings
Maybe changing school board policy is the way to help curb school shootings
School Safety

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Mar 15, 2022

“I was scared all the time.”

As “Station Eleven” ambled to its closing, one of the most real couplets of dialogue closed the show and absolutely stopped me … and has also been haunting my thoughts since I saw it. It comes after Kirsten and Jeevan have reunited, something we almost didn’t get from the show…

Parenting

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“I was scared all the time.”
“I was scared all the time.”
Parenting

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Mar 2, 2022

10 movies that define me

This isn’t a list that is about the best movies or anything like that. These are just films I love. Or I have friends where a lot of our friendship is built around it. Or a film I quote incessantly. This is a group of movies that I didn’t…

Movies

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10 movies that define me
10 movies that define me
Movies

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Feb 14, 2022

An appreciation …

Since it’s Valentine's Day, I figured I’d start this thing I read about a couple of weeks ago. I’d link to the article where I read this to show some love to the writer … but I can’t find the link (Edit: I found it! Read here). This will be…

Gratitude

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An appreciation …
An appreciation …
Gratitude

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Feb 9, 2022

“I’m not sure Americans realize how buried we are …”

One of the podcasts I listen to irregularly is “The Daily.” It’s a great podcast and Michael Barbaro does amazing work. But it has gotten to a point, for me, not the podcast, that I’m reading enough about the topics they usually address, and sometimes enough is enough. But the…

Education

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“I’m not sure Americans realize how buried we are …”
“I’m not sure Americans realize how buried we are …”
Education

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Jan 27, 2022

How broadsheet newspapers made me feel old

It’s the 25th anniversary of the school I teach at being open this year. Yesterday my editors were in the formative stages of planning an issue of our newspaper to commemorate this august achievement of existence. They happened upon the idea of doing the issue in the format of the…

Newspapers

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How broadsheet newspapers made me feel old
How broadsheet newspapers made me feel old
Newspapers

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Jan 26, 2022

Simple words, potent tonic

It’s been a rough go as an educator these past couple years, last year definitely the most trying, difficult, frustrating, heartbreaking year of my career. The 21–22 school year has been better, but still filled with its overly fair share of struggles. Going back into the classroom in a district…

Teaching

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Simple words, potent tonic
Simple words, potent tonic
Teaching

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Jan 18, 2022

The truly exhausting thing about Covid-19

I just sneezed. Am I sick? And now my nose is runny. Should I go the urgent care? The ER? My son is sniffling. My wife coughed (she’s got the allergies). My daughter has a headache. Call the pediatrician. The ambulance. The hospital. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! To be clear, there’s an…

Covid-19

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Covid-19

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Jan 10, 2022

It’s just a job now

There’s presently a myriad number of stories being published about the problems facing American society and education, mainly with theses focusing on the convergence of a two-year-old pandemic and an educational system that was already showing significant cracks in its foundation. Like this one. Or this one. …

Teaching

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Teaching

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Dec 28, 2021

My year in images, 2021

This was a weird year for me in my photography. I certainly shot a lot more than in 2020, but for the first time in a long time, I didn’t have lots of interest in picking up the camera as frequently as I have in the past. …

Photography

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My year in images, 2021
My year in images, 2021
Photography

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Matthew Schott

Matthew Schott

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Father and husband. Journalism teacher and photographer.

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