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Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts

Short stories. No annoying ads. No mercenary pitches. Just stories to warm your heart. Vetted published articles/tales/short stories (L.A.Times, Newsweek, Seattle Times, Teacher Magazine, Chicken Soup, Miami Herald, etc.) by Paul H.Karrer about: Kids, Teachers, Parents, Education, Korea, Incarceration, Samoa, Peace Corps, New Zealand, California, Connecticut, Teaching, Dogs, Chess, Multicultural Marriage, Foods-real or imagined and more. Most are light-hearted.

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6:36

20 Science Camp

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/12/12

During a week at science camp a teacher gains some insights as to why a particularly troublesome child has issues. And why his favorite thing in the world is hot showersSupport the showThanks for listening.

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19 A Letter to My President (Obama) the One I Voted For

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2022/12/03

This opinion piece was originally published in The Monterey Herald. Nothing came of it. Then I offered it to Education Week. They published it and it went VIRAL. 16 Google search pages connected the letter to the world. It was published in Chinese and Hebrew even. CNN called me at school to do another opinion piece - see what happened with that at the end of the reading.Support the showThanks for listening.

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18 The Harsh Words of David Brooks

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/12/01

The author (me) rebukes and then rebuts a statement by New York Times & NPR Op-editor David Brooks. He stated, "A major impediment to education reform is the teachers' unions." I detail what is education reform? What has it done so far? (Public education destruction.)Support the showThanks for listening.

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17 A Teacher Talks Turkey Dinner To Her Class

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/11/27

A 3rd grade teacher tries to explain what Thanksgiving is all about but makes a linguistic blunder which horrifies her class. The kids are "Newcomers" migrants from all over Mexico. Some do not even speak Spanish. For many their primary languages are - Nahuatl, Mixtec, or MayaSupport the showThanks for listening.

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16. A Liberal Goes Pig Hunting

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/11/11

A retired teacher (me) is asked by a former student to go pig hunting. The former student is in his 30's now. I go and hope I'm not a moron. But I am. However, all pigs lived for another day.Support the showThanks for listening.

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24:58

15 Interview with a Volunteer (Former Student) Who...

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2022/11/09

I interview a former student, D.J. Corbett, who volunteered at the Polish-Ukrainian border for 6 weeks. He snuck into Ukraine briefly with a supply of donated basic goods he bought. Homeland Security in USA pulled him aside and gave him some strongly worded suggestions. Lots of heart-wrenching incidents and a few heart warming ones. D.J. connected with some Polish riot police and we both play chess with them now via the internet. Much more...Support the showThanks for listening.

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14. The Lewis Chess set, Deer Antler and a French...

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2022/11/04

This article was published in Critical Read. The editors wanted an art creation based on a piece in a museum. So I carved a chess set from deer antler and related it to the most famous of all chess sets - The Lewis Chess set. (Pieces are displayed both in England and Scotland) I tell how my Frenchie Winnie inspired the set as she loooooved to chew deer antler.Support the showThanks for listening.

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13. Lawyers Then and Now. 9 A.D. and 2022

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2022/11/01

My siblings and I contacted a legal firm after seeing a class action suit advertisement. We were hosed. I tie in the annihilation of three Roman legions in 9 A.D. by Germanic tribes due in no small part to mistreatment by Roman lawyers. I end with a lawyer friend's humorous non-fiction tale of his nakedness and a burglar. Guess who got screwed!Support the showThanks for listening.

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12. - Contestant 421 - What happens When Covid Rules...

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2022/10/30

A wife flies to Korea during Covid but the quarantine rules change while she is between countries.Support the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 11 - Salinas Valley State Prison Visit - The...

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/10/27

An observation of the many women who prepare themselves before they visit their inmates. Support the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 10. Prison Visit Denied

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/10/25

A correction officer refuses me the right to visit my former student. He claims I came at the wrong time. I did not. I discuss what is forbidden during a visit.Support the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 9. Designer Dogs

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/10/19

A reading of an article I wrote in VOMB (Voices of Monterey Bay) about French Bull Dogs. A few comments at the end. Photo credit to Kelli Uldall - that's our Winnie in the photo.Support the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 8. Night of a Thousand Noises. Samoa

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2022/10/12

I brought my daughter of 12 to Samoa, a place I had lived in for 5 years. We met my artist friend John Poynton and stayed in his "guest house." His guest house was with a lot of imagination a house and hardly for guests. We made the best of it and will never forget.That photo is the mosquito hut and that is Apia harbor in the distance.Support the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 7. Amazing Grace, Samoa, John Poynton

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2022/10/11

John Poynton a famous artist living in Samoa told me this story about his house girl, love, singing, and theft. He resided in pure poverty, but was the boiler plate example of an artist - eccentric to the max..The painting is by John. The classic Sina and the eel myth. A forbidden love is destroyed and one of the lovers turns into an eel.Support the showThanks for listening.

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Podcast 6. Friends on a Leash -

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/10/09

Published in The Seattle Times. During Covid two dogs and two old guys meet in the woods and all become steadfast friends. A Frenchie named Winnie and a German Shepard named Romeo are the main characters. A few comments about the story after the reading. Enclosed is a link for the story... https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/making-new-friends-at-the-end-of-a-leash/ Support the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 5. A Former Favorite 5th-Grader Goes to Prison,...

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2022/10/07

Just got this published in the L.A.Times. One of my favorite former 5th graders went to prison for 9 attempted murder charges. We played one chess game for nearly three years. I read the story and comment. I visited him regularly in level 4 Maximum Security at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad. Very intense for this old teacher...https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-19/inmate-chess-teacher-prison-manson-sirhanSupport the showThanks for listening.

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5th-Grade Class Hijacks A St Patrick's Day Lesson

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/10/06

I read and comment on the L.A. Times article which got me started. It is about my 5th-graders and how they hijacked a lesson about St. Patrick's Day. All non-fiction. It involves a laser pen, sheep, St. Patrick, leprechauns, and loving , kind, Latino 5th-graders. L.A.Times link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2062370/episodes/11447730-pod-4-a-5th-grade-class-hijacks-a-st-patrick-s-day-lesson/editSupport the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 3. The Sriracha Shortage

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2022/10/06

I read and then comment on my article in The L.A. Times - The Sriracha Shortage, or as my wife might call it: Our long heatless summer. Background history on the Sriracha (world hot sauce shortage) How it impacts me, my Korean hot sauce loving wife and an Alaskan bear.L.A. Times Link -https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-11/sriracha-shortage-peppers-hot-sauce-summerSupport the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 1. L.A. Times - Gun Owning Teacher Against...

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2022/10/06

L.A. Times published my article about why teachers should not be armed in schools. French International TV asked to interview me. They have a viewership of up to 30, million viewers the world over. L.A. Times link - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-06-17/teachers-arming-classroom-mass-shootings-nra-uvaldeSupport the showThanks for listening.

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Pod 2. I Have OCD. My Wife is a hoarder. How do we...

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2022/10/06

I read and comment on my article published in the L.A. Times. I have OCD. My Wife is a Hoarder. How do we Manage? The Tamara Hill TV program called me after reading this article and they wanted us on their show. I said NO WAY. See why.L.A. Times Link - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-07-17/hoarder-ocd-kimchi-refrigeratorSupport the showThanks for listening.

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