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learning to see the value in all of it is helping my kids learn

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Video Games are as Important to Learning as Music, In My Experience

Posted on October 6, 2020November 11, 2020 by Jen-Admin

Currently, my kids are big into music. They listen to it, play it, read about it, watch it, and talk about it. My son plays his guitar for at least five hours a day, usually more like eight. He has never had a single lesson. My daugther plays the drums every single day. She takes…

September 11 where I was not

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September 11th: Where I Was Not, A Different Perspective

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Jen-Admin

September 11th did not directly affect me. Not really. I did not live in New York City, or Washington, DC or have a loved one aboard one of the hijacked planes. I will never know what that day was really like. I did not witness the smells and maybe worse, the sights. Nor did I…