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Teaching in the Digital Age

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Technology has made teaching faster, broader, and in many ways more efficient—but it has also introduced distractions, new demands, and challenges that teachers from earlier generations never had to navigate. Continue reading →

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Hidden Talents (Including One That May Be Slightly Questionable)

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Some skills show up immediately. Others stay hidden until life gives them a reason to appear—and sometimes they’re stranger than expected. Continue reading →

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The Teachers Who Built Me

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Some teachers taught subjects. Others taught discipline, trust, creativity, faith, or endurance. Looking back, the most honest answer is that it took several people — each arriving at the right time — to help shape who I became. Continue reading →

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Three Compliments I Still Carry

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Some compliments fade almost as soon as they’re spoken. Others stay with you for decades because they arrived when you needed them most. Continue reading →

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The Last Thing I Learned

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

WordPress asks another one of its famously broad daily questions: “What’s the last thing you learned?” The answers range from classroom revelations to a television installation and a 1970s automotive scandal. Continue reading →

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The Question I Pretend Not to Hear

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

In my classroom every request has to include one simple word: please. Without it, I pretend not to hear the question. But there’s one request students ask more than any other — and it always leads to the same series of terrible puns. Continue reading →

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The Job I Almost Didn’t Get

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

After two years of substitute teaching, failed interviews, and near misses, I almost gave up on becoming a teacher. Looking back now, those disappointments weren’t failures at all—they were the closed doors that guided me to the place I was meant to be. Continue reading →

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Standing at the Crossroads

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

When I imagine the opening line of my autobiography, it begins at a crossroads between two lives: the fast-paced world of journalism and the quieter but deeply meaningful world of faith, teaching, and writing. Looking back, I realize those paths were never really separate. Continue reading →

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Ban “6-7” (And While We’re at It, Let’s Redefine “Poop”)

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Slang evolves. I understand that. But when students toss around “6-7” without realizing it traces back to a police code for a reported death, it isn’t edgy—it’s uninformed. Words carry weight. If we’re going to redefine everything because it sounds cool in a lyric or on TikTok, we might as well make “poop” mean delicious and “detention” mean spa day. At least then we’d know we were being ridiculous on purpose. Continue reading →

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Six Months From Now…

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

A wedding funded. A certification completed. A garage still packed. A book still waiting. And in the next six months? A granddaughter on the way — and a challenge that’s staring back at me in the mirror. Continue reading →

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