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Rachel Ramer

@rachelramer.bsky.social

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Writer, teacher, writing women's fiction /religious abuse recovery M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition Loves dogs, education, fair debate. Lost the Legalism/Kept the Love group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/558317102218557

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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · 1d

#AcademicSky #EduSky

"You cannot be all things to all students, but sometimes, just sometimes, you will be the right teacher at the right time. You will be the exact teacher that one student needed more than anything." Paul F.C. Mundy

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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · 7d

Theme song for the anti-education crowd:
#AcademicSky #EduSky

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Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World (Official Lyric Video)

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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · 7d

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Separation of Church and Hate

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother deli...

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Progressive Christianity @jonpaulsydnor.bsky.social · 28d

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Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · Sep 9

@khalilsayegh.bsky.social 's father died from lack of medical attention in December 2023 while taking shelter in a church in Gaza. If he can still retain his humanity--and insist upon the incalculable preciousness of all life--so can we

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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · 27d

💙📚👀 #AcademicSky #EduSky

Heartbreaking story of our history with similarities for today.

A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan

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Nancy Cooper FrankenSTEEN @ncooperfrank.bsky.social · 28d

I don’t blame him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28d

“I will never visit the United States again,” Mr. Jeong said.

@nytimes.com #Hyundai
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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · 28d

#AcademicSky #Edusky

"The Smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum..." Noam Chomsky

Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · Sep 7

#Edusky

"It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail." Samuel Adams.

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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · Sep 1

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The great thing about libraries is that they're big enough to fit the whole world inside...but small enough to fit inside your town!

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · Aug 30

Americans are begging for Democratic leadership to get off the mat and back into the fight.

If you’re a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make “good trouble”, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi.

Where is the Party?: time for Democratic leaders to ‘fight with both hands’ or ‘step aside’

Even in easy times, this democracy needs care. And right now it is in dire need of defense. And it needs defenders who are willing to do whatever it takes. Americans are begging for more. Begging for Democrats to get off the mat and back into the fight. If political leaders in this country are not prepared to fight with both hands, and are not prepared to make “good trouble”, then perhaps they should step aside and make space for those who will.

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Leaving MAGA/Rich Logis 🇺🇸 @leavingmaga.bsky.social · Aug 30

To learn more about our Leaving MAGA leaders, please pay us a visit. Here's to many more Leaving MAGAversaries!

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They Left MAGA - Leaving MAGA

They Left MAGA Steve Vilchez Illinois Read His Story Erica Roach New York Read Her Story Justin Yu California Read His Story Deanna Raper North Carolina Read Her Story Courtney Rae Michigan Read Her S...

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Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wow. So sorry to hear this. Truly, if we understood literature in all its forms, we would be in a better place. I hope your son keeps writing.

Rachel Ramer @rachelramer.bsky.social · Aug 21

#EduSky 🍎💙📚👀#AcademicSky #politics

I confess: English teachers are partly responsible. It seems half the country does not get parody and political satire.