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Under-expected Achievement – One year Teaching K-12, and Counting!
Thankful for my social media network, my anniversary teaching K-12 in my public school district would have passed me by! Without my...
Doreen Lwanga
Apr 4, 20163 min read
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Non-Religious Celebration of Christmas
I never thought I would willingly and consciously arrange for Child of Mine to celebrate Christmas at my own volition. Not since I quit...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 15, 20157 min read
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Is It True There is a Place For Everyone?
While visiting New York City recently, a thought crossed my mind, “Is It True That There is a Place For Everyone?” The City for [not]...
Doreen Lwanga
Jan 27, 20154 min read
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I Never Signed Up to do “Men’s Work….but…
Perhaps, those who know me maybe surprised that I am making genderized statements. After all, I am that kind of girl often pigeon-holed...
Doreen Lwanga
Jan 5, 20154 min read
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Dear Parents, Your Kids Celebrations Are Not About You…!
I typically do not write about family affairs. I have a self-censored rule that “I shall NOT wash my family dirty linen in public. Even...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 26, 20146 min read
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Kids are Cultural “Whores”: Wait, can you say the “W” with Kids…?
It is amazing how quickly kids switch cultural identify. Well, if like me, you believe that “language is culture”, that’s what I am...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 25, 20144 min read
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Different shades of Special Needs
“There is no one student who is similar to the other. And no one student behaves the same everyday,” so she said to me. I cannot agree...
Doreen Lwanga
Nov 24, 20144 min read
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Learning about Veterans Day from my sixth grader
I cannot recall the last time I went to church, so the order of events at my neighborhood celebration of Veterans Day 2014 caught me off...
Doreen Lwanga
Nov 14, 20145 min read
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Teaching Children about Columbus Day in an era of Contested Knowledge and Truth Formation
This past Monday, October 13, 2014, was Columbus Day, when America remembers Christopher Columbus. So, my first grader and I engaged in a...
Doreen Lwanga
Oct 15, 20146 min read
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In Defense of the “Word Value of Time”: From a Soccer Mom
I feel for all the sentiments Simon expressed! Though my comment to Simon was, “come to America….with plenty of versions of Uganda,...
Doreen Lwanga
Sep 30, 20144 min read
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In Praise of Teachers
I recently resumed private coaching, and it occurred to me that it is as well, I give a shout out to teachers! The not-so-highly sang...
Doreen Lwanga
Sep 18, 20148 min read
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Help Your Children Dream
I strongly believe in the power of dreams. They shape lives, build relations, mentor professions, restore hope and courage. They could be...
Doreen Lwanga
Sep 12, 20145 min read
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Letting children learn the way they read! Lessons in Parenting and Homeschooling a Toddler
Call me a terrible mother! But I am a self-confessed Uganda-Chinese-French-America parent, and in that order! Uganda, because that is my...
Doreen Lwanga
Jul 13, 20145 min read
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America the Beautiful!
It’s been a while, since I sat down to write something thoughtful. Forget about the daily email traffic, and posts on social media....
Doreen Lwanga
Feb 7, 20146 min read
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!
It is the New Year 2014! Hoping, everyone is happy! I am getting a little scared lately. I do not feel I am being very productive yet!...
Doreen Lwanga
Jan 14, 20143 min read
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WHAT I LOVE ABOUT AMERICA
I have been writing this piece for over a month now; both in my head and on my laptop! I really should get it off the laptop and...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 7, 20134 min read
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You Bet, culture does REALLY Matter!
And I strongly believe that “Culture Matters“, the title of a book by a professor from my graduate school, something Harrison (well, he...
Doreen Lwanga
Sep 1, 20135 min read
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