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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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2:13

A Day at School #3. (Survival at school in poetry)

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/03/25

Send us a textThe author reads 3 poems about survival at an elementary school. The BullyThe HandBathroom StallsSupport the show

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2:43

A Day At School - short poems p6-9

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/03/19

Send us a textThe author reads 4 very short rhyming verse poems about the realities of elementary school. All have a kicker on the end. A riddle, puzzle or comment.p.6. The Ridep.7 Reading Hurts My Headp.8 Numbersp.9 What Am I?Support the show

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2:18

A DAY AT SCHOOL (From a kids' perspective - poetry)

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/03/16

Send us a textA DAY AT SCHOOL is simple rhyming verse about well...a day at school. Humorous and each short poem has a kicker, problem, riddle or final say at the end. About a minute in length each - a read 3 at a time.Support the show

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1:54

Question for a Cleric

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/03/16

Send us a textA child asks a question about lives...and cats.Support the show

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1:31

Could the Creator Ever Make Another Thing as Grand as...

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/03/10

Send us a textThe author reads a super short poem he published with a clever whimsical twist at the end. Fits right in with TEACHER TAILS. And if you admire humming birds even better.Support the show

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3:46

Why My Student Cries When It Rains (Migration Issues)

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/02/13

Send us a textThe author notices one of his female students cries when it rains. He asks why and finds out her parents work the fields. He also discovers many other things about her and her 6 year old brother. Support the show

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28:46

Interview With Scientific Skeptic - Susan Gerbic

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/02/01

Send us a textThe author interviews Susan Gerbic - a Scientific Skeptic. She debunks psychics, mediums, fortunetellers, soothsayers, astrologers, etc. The New York Times (Feb. 2019) wrote an article about her revealing a fraudulent celebrity psychic. She's not a favorite in the anti-science world of money making grief vampires (Those who make money by defrauding and scamming those who need/want to speak with deceased loved ones.) She defines cold reads and hot reads - and plenty more - super

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8:48

A Teacher Reveals His Border Crossing at Age 6

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/01/28

Send us a textA teacher reveals his own border crossing at age 6. His Coyote (A cousin) is offered two bags of groceries for the crossingSupport the show

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12:35

- Walking to North Korea. - A Refugee's Story

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/01/20

Send us a textThe author sits next to a Korean grandma during Thanksgiving. She reveals how as a 17 year old she fell in love with a North Korean soldier. She details how her family fled north and then back south. Also, how she survived being machine-gunned buy a U.S. plane. And what you eat when you are starving...Support the show

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8:25

Fishing In Prison

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2025/01/11

The author is told by a former student, now an inmate, in Level 4 Maximum Security - HOW TO GO FISHING IN PRISON. The inmate was in solitary confinement for 7 yearsSupport the show

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7:20

A Gun-Owning Teacher Against Teachers Having Guns in...

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/12/29

The author a multiple gun owner had this published in the L.A.Times. He's against Teachers having guns in schools.Support the show

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7:02

Ghost Kids - When a Teacher Notices an Invisible...

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/12/24

The author assigns his 5th grade class to write about something they HAD to do. And one shy, silent boy opens up. In the process he breaks his teacher's heart, but now the teacher understands.Support the show

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14:52

A Former 5th Grade Student, Prison and a Game of Chess

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/12/22

The author had this article published in the L.A.Times. He tells of a favorite student incarcerated at age 14 for 9 attempted murders. This is a student he taught chess. The former student and teacher play one game of chess for nearly three years via the mail. One letter allows one move. The former student was in isolation for nearly 7 years.Support the show

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8:49

Ghenghis Khan's Grandma

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/12/09

The author has a drink with a friend and learns the guy's mother-in-law shot her toilet dead. She's a tough old bird. She doesn't like her son-in-law and he doesn't like her. She's Mongolian. He's Czech. Makes for a very interesting social interactions. Non-fiction. Support the show

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5:51

Thanksgiving Day Confusion - A 3rd grade teacher's...

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/11/28

A 3rd grade teacher attempts to explain Thanksgiving to her non-native English speakers and a lot is lost and confused in translation. (Humorous)Support the show

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7:41

5th Grade Class Hijacks St. Patrick's Day Lesson

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/11/24

The author's 5th-grade class completely hijacks (most wonderfully) a lesson about St. Patrick. (Originally published in the L.A. Times by author) https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-17/history-st-patrick-day-fifth-gradeSupport the show

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8:29

I Have OCD. My Wife is a Hoarder. How Do We Manage?

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/11/21

My article was published in the L.A. Times and it got a lot of attention. The T.V. programmer for the Tamara Hill Program wanted to interview my wife and me on their T.V. Program. Listen to why I HAD to say..."No Thank You". Pretty funny.Support the show

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4:53

RFK Jr. The Measle-Weasel of The S. PACIFIC (Samoa)

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/11/17

RFK Jr. the anti-vaxxer showed up in Samoa after 2 nurses mixed the wrong mixture in measle shots. Two children died. Kennedy immediately blamed the vaccine...many deaths occurred soon after because people were not vaccinated due to Kennedy's influence. And now Trump wants to let him control health issues in USA.Support the show

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9:36

Swimming to a Shark

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/10/27

The author inadvertently swims TO a shark. He also mis-judges some very nice kids. Hint- never swim alone. Support the show

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13:03

Kidnapped by a Motorcycle Gang - Lip Service

Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts ·

2024/10/10

The author tells a hitch hiking story about a British chef who gets picked up by The Mongrel Mob Motor cycle gang in New Zealand. The Brit is forced to go to a party and perform a... service.Support the show

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