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I teach special education students at Aitkin High School. This is my first year teaching in the special education department in Aitkin, but I worked with special needs students in Brainerd at Lincoln Education Center for 15 years prior. I have a teaching license in K-12 Art, which I worked here in Aitkin 20 years as an art teacher. I also have a BS in psychology with an emphasis in Child Studies and will be adding my EBD Licensure this may. I am getting married this summer and honeymooning in Maine.

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This is my 12th year teaching special education at Aitkin High School. I teach English, reading, job skills, social skills and study skills.
In past lives I have worked as a educational paraprofessional, nursing assistant and office assistant.
I have 3 grown children and live on a farm. I like to read, garden and sew.

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I have been a special education teacher for 27 years.  I have taught in Aitkin for the past 24 years.
Outside of school I enjoy spending time with my family and friends.  I am excited to be going to Washington D.C. this June!
My hobbies include quilting, scrapbooking, and gardening.

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I teach Spanish I & II. I have been a teacher for 20 years. I love my students and traveling.
I am chilean. I have three children, three dogs, and three cats.

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I am a music teacher at AHS with 25+ years of experience.  I direct/teach six choirs: 7th& 8th Grade Girls' Choir, 7th & 8th Grade Boys' Choir, 9th Grade Choir, Concert Choir, Madrigals and Handbell Choir. I also teach piano, guitar and 7th grade General Music along with directing the yearly Concert Choir musical. Music is a very important part of my life in and out of school.
Outside of school I enjoy getting together with family and friends, gardening, being by the lake and yoga.

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I teach art at Aitkin High School.  I have been teaching for 22 years but this is my first year in Aitkin.  Many people do not know that I used to compete all over the world for Scottish Highland dancing, and I am a certified Scottish dance teacher through the United Kingdom Alliance.  I have many favorite apps, but one that I have used consistently in my classroom is Scratch!

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I teach Business/Technology- I am finishing up my third year here at Aitkin. I was a district technology coordinator for a small school district in Wisconsin for over 20 years. I have an undergrad degree from UW-RF and my MS from UW-Stout. I am currently working on my Minnesota License in Business & Marketing education. - I have been involved with working on Apple Products my whole career - hard for me to pick a favorite.

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This is my 2nd year of teaching Family and Consumer Sciences at Aitkin High School. I taught one year in Onamia, MN before coming here.
Before that I raised 6 children, homeschooled for 17 years and did a myriad of part time jobs in many related fields.
I decorate cakes at Paulbecks County Market in the summer and play piano with the Great River Strings Orchestra.

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I teach English 8, Popular Fiction and Myths and Legends. I have taught for 11 years (10 in Aitkin, 1 in Pequot Lakes). I graduated from SCSU (GO HUSKIES!!) Pinterest is bad news! I need an intervention!

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I am an Academic Interventionist at AHS. I have been subbing/teaching in Aitkin since 1984. I'm the "cooler" Mehr here at the high school! :)

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I teach English to 7th graders and one period a day I am graced with college high school students. I have been teaching here for 16 years. Many people don't know that I have been married to my husband twice, once at a Sadie Hawkins dance and once at a church.

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This is my first year at Aitkin High School, and I teach 10th grade English as well as College in the Schools American Literature for juniors.

Outside of school I enjoy raising chickens, my two dogs, kayaking, writing, and fixing up vintage furniture.

My favorite app is probably Pinterest.

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"Not this week," White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said of the push for $1.4 billion as a downpayment for the border wall in a Tuesday morning interview with Fox News. "Building that wall and having it funded remains an important priority to him," she added. "We also know that that can happen later this year and into next year."

That rapid cycle of demand-to-capitulation is enough to give you whiplash. It's also the second time in as many months Trump has swerved to avoid a collision with Republicans in Congress.

The simple political fact is that a government shutdown would be a massive political problem for Republicans. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House -- and everyone knows it. Blaming Democrats for their intransigence would be a non-starter in such a situation. The full weight of the blame would fall on Republicans -- particularly Congressional Republicans, many of whom have to stand for re-election in 18 months time.

Republicans are still struggling to prove to a skeptical public that they can be a governing party not just the loyal opposition. Shutting down the government for even a day would be proof point #1 for Democrats to make the argument that Republicans are unsuited to lead. And doing so over a border wall proposal that's not popular outside a portion of the Republican base would be even more disastrous.

Trump, unlike, say, Ted Cruz, is not the sort of person to charge at political windmills. He wants to win, first and foremost. And the way to win is to pick fights where success is the very likely outcome.

Trump punted because punting made political sense.

What's more baffling to me is why he floated the $1.4 billion allocation for the border wall in the first place. Was it a trial balloon to see if Congressional Republicans might be open to it? An attempt to work the refs a bit so when the next spending debate comes up Trump has set the floor of what he wants to see spent on the wall? Or was it just something Trump said one day and then quickly realized was going nowhere?

With Trump the line between strategy and sounding-off is a fuzzy one. But, regardless of his reasoning, Trump blinked -- and blinked quickly -- in his second major showdown with a Republican Congress. Worth noting: He also blinked the first time, telling Speaker Paul Ryan to pull the healthcare bill before it even came to a vote.

There appears to be a pattern emerging.

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Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

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Donald Trump just blinked on the border wall showdown

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Just days after insisting that any spending bill to keep the federal government open include more than $1 billion for his proposed border wall, President Trump backed off that pledge -- abruptly ending the expected brinksmanship between the White House and Congress expected to dominate the week.

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I teach English 11, English 12, Journalism, and sometimes Popular Fiction. I also coach softball. I have been teaching for  14 years, 12 of them in Aitkin. I am from Owatonna and received a BA in Journalism & Mass Communications from the University of Minnesota, BS in English Education with a Coaching Certification from Bemidji State, and a MS in Curriculum and Leadership from Southwest Minnesota State. My favorite app is Gamechanger.

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I teach English 9 to eccentric 9th graders, Drama to the dramatic, and Creative Writing to creative minds. I've been teaching for 3 wonderful years at Aitkin High School and enjoy (almost) every minute of it.

Outside of school I enjoy spending time and traveling with my husband, Garrett, being a crazy cat lady to my 5 cats, and spending time with my adorable dog, Rex.

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I teach Social 7 and Current Events 7. I also get to coach golf in the pouring rain this afternoon. :) I am originally from Anoka, MN and have been teaching here for 24 years.

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I teach Economics (the greatest subject of the greatest of the studies), American Government, and Psychology. I have taught for 19 years. All of them in Aitkin. I interned with Senator Paul Wellstone in 1996 before I decided a political science career wasn't for me.

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I teach Social Studies (the greatest of the studies). I have taught for 6 years, all of them in Aitkin. I went to college at South Dakota State University. My favorite app is RunKeeper.

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I am a Social Studies teacher in Aitkin, MN. I have been teaching here for 3 years. I received my degree from Bemidji State University. I consume souls.

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I teach U.S. History 10, Intro to Sociology, and Psychology at Aitkin High School. I received my undergraduate degree from Bemidji State and a Masters in Education from Southwest Minnesota State University. I have been called a crazy cat lady.

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I teach Social 8, Current Events 9-12, U.S. History 1960s-Present. Have also taught World Cultures, Western Civs, and Phy Ed! This is my 8th year at Aitkin and I also coach football and baseball.

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I teach science 7 and the high school electives: Botany, Ornithology, Ichthyology and Genetics. This is my 17th season as a teacher at Aitkin High School.

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aka. Kenny G
I teach Biology, College Human Biology, and Forensics at AHS. This is my sixth year teaching, my fourth here in Aitkin.

Biology = LIFE.

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I teach Physical Science, Physics and Earth Sciences at Aitkin High School. This is my 24th year at Aitkin. I am an Army veteran. My favorite app is Spotify. I play the bassoon in area orchestras.

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I am currently teaching 8th grade science and this is my 4th year in Aitkin. I went to college at Minnesota State University Moorhead. I am in a band with 5ish other Aitkin teachers. My favorite app is Sling TV.

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I teach high school science at Aitkin High School for the last 6 years. I mostly teach chemistry. I have taught for a total of 8 years.

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Tech Support for ISD1

Jack of all trades, Master of many video games. Born in Colombia South America.

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I have no idea what this graph is showing.

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I am a high school math teacher, and this is my fourth year at Aitkin. I studied at the University of Minnesota Morris. I just got a haircut. My favorite app is the watch espn app.

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I am the Technology Integrationist, Coordinator, Network Administrator, Support Technician at Aitkin Public Schools - ISD #1!

I have been supporting technology in K-12 environments for over 18 years.

My favorite app is the Jamf Pro MDM

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I am a 8th grade math teacher and I have taught 240 years in Aitkin.  I went to college at Bemidji State and Southwest State.  I am the MCTM dining and recreation coordinator for Aitkin High School.  My favorite app is  Find Friends.

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I am a high school math teacher in Aitkin, Minnesota. This is my 18th year of teaching. I received my undergraduate degree in mathematics from Minnesota State University Moorhead and my Master's in Education from Southwest State University.

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I am a math teacher at Aitkin High School. I teach Algebra, Accelerated Algebra and College Algebra.  I have been teaching here for 24 years. Both my siblings and I only have one kidney.

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I have taught mathematics in Aitkin since 1984 (you do the math).
I played the violin when I was in junior high