Safety Check: Fixing Anne Arundel County School Bus Transportation is a Necessity
For a few short weeks, it appeared that Anne Arundel County had mostly fixed its severe school bus driver shortage. Don’t get too comfortable yet.
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Earl Yarington (LMSW) is a social worker and school bus driver. He taught literature and writing for nearly 20 years and spent 3 years working in forensic social work internships with offending populations, including work at Delaware Correctional facilities and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He has a PhD in literature and criticism (feminism/women writers) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Master of Social Work from Louisiana State University, and an interdisciplinary Master of Liberal Arts from Arizona State University, where he studied the impact of visual image and girlhood in media/social media. He also has an MA and BS in English from SUNY College at Brockport. The opinions and analyses that Earl writes are his own and are not necessarily the positions or views of his employers, the agencies he supports, or that of his colleagues. Reach out with comments or questions.
Author: Earl Yarington
What Jennifer Pippin gets Wrong About Teen Girls and Anne Frank
Back in 1942, Annelies Marie Frank was busy journaling. Her dream was to become a journalist, and at 13, she
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Age Shaming Couples is Not Okay
The real culprit here is ageism. The older we get in the United States, the more invisible we are. Do people not react with disgust because they just don’t like older people and want them to remain invisible? I think so.
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Practical Dieting Advice from Someone Just Like You
I am a doctor but not a medical one, nor am I a dietician or medical professional. Like many people, I struggled with weight. Once I had kids, I became the bear of the house, constantly eating all leftovers. At one point, I remember my ex-wife telling me, “You eat constantly and never stop.”
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A Letter of Love
Dear God,
I’ve am writing you today to ask if you need a friend. I ask because I think everyone assumes that because God is great, and God is, that you would not have any needs.
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Let’s Say No to ‘Divorced’
Years ago, I remember my late mother was fuming over being called a “divorcee.” I understand that better now. As one that divorced like so many others, I started to question why I need to check the “divorced” box on applications, as if I have some kind of disease or disorder.
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Higher Education is Broken; Here’s a Way to Fix It
Undergraduate education is almost completely useless, though an argument can be made that the courses one takes in junior and senior year help. I’d still say that is what a master’s degree is for.
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Gender Studies and the Missing Link
The end result is that many institutions of higher education ceased to be places to learn but became advocacy-driven out of fear of liability and a tarnished public image. No longer could teachers teach, offering an objective, even scientific view of an issue, they must become lawyers and social workers that advocate for particular preset causes.
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Dating Statements to Reconsider
I am still single. Well, I am divorced, but I hate that word. After all, how many of us have been in relationships and broken them off? Such labeling, in part, is the reason why I live only with my Pomeranian. As a social worker, though, I’ve noticed some problematic reoccurring statements that really narrow any possibilities in someone finding love.
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Uncomfortable Truths
Maybe the perfect world we seek Is not meant to be; Maybe the bliss of heaven Becomes hell for eternity;
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