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	<title>Mr. Orr&#039;s Classroom</title>
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	<description>Hi, I&#039;m Jeremy; a teacher in the East San Francisco Bay Area who likes to share his thoughts on whatever aspect of life happens to float across his chalkboard. Feel free to read these words and if anything resonates with you, let me know. No man is an Island, entire unto himself~ John Donne</description>
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		<title>What I Learned This Summer (part I)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve been off this summer looking for a teaching opportunity for this fall, but it hasn&#8217;t been all poolside reading. I&#8217;ve been busy. One of the things I did this summer was attend the Google GeoTeacher&#8217;s Institute. A two day training on the Google campus where they showed us how to use Google Sketch-up, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/08/20/what-i-learned-this-summer-part-i-3/</link>
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		<title>Could you do your job under these circumstances?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You are hired and expected to start the next day You will be assigned an area of the company to work in, could be legal, HR, sales,.. who knows. You have no time to set up your office You have to pay for office supplies out of your own pocket You have to start seeing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/08/19/could-you-do-your-job-under-these-circumstances/</link>
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		<title>Yosemite Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yosemite Trip July 13th- 16th Driving into The Valley Bridalveil Falls Bridalveil Falls HIKE ONE Heading up the Upper Yosemite Falls trail On the UYFT with Half Dome in the background The valley is getting smaller. Half Dome in the distance. Finally to the base of Upper Yosemite Falls. Upper Yosemite Falls Me at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunrise From Top of Halfdome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[me. I&#8217;m on a DOME! Just got back from four days backpacking in Yosemite National Park. I go every summer; it&#8217;s my favorite place in the world. The quintessential hike in Yosemite is Half Dome: 16 miles and 4800 feet. Not an easy hike, yet I have done it every summer for the past four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love vs. Ego</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You are dating someone, you are in love, and then ego comes crashing in. It tells you you can do better. Or tells you you need your freedom. Ego is all of the selfish doubt we have once we have been dating someone. I was sparked by this idea when watching this show on HBO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/07/13/love-vs-ego/</link>
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		<title>It’s amazing what a little water on your rose bush can do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If that sounds like a blatant euphemism I apologize. You know me too well. But did you know I have a rose bush in my front yard? (It’s actually more of a front patio, but let’s focus on the roses for now) When I moved into my apartment in October I didn’t know they were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/07/09/it%e2%80%99s-amazing-what-a-little-water-on-your-rose-bush-can-do/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m in a Long Distance Relationship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never thought it would be me- dating someone who lives 1,000 miles away. The late night phone calls. The skype dates. The only seeing her once a month. I always thought I was too smart to put myself through that kind of anguish. I have been close several times and always called it off. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/07/01/im-in-a-long-distance-relationship/</link>
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		<title>Julie and Julia or Jeremy and Gordon or How I Learned to Make a Beef Wellington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have not seen the movie Julie and Julia. I am a man. Yes, I cook. And do the occasional light sewing. But that does not mean that I need to watch girlie movies. Back to the issue at hand. I like food. And I have been cooking for myself for quite some time (being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/06/18/julie-and-julia-or-jeremy-and-gordon-or-how-i-learned-to-make-a-beef-wellington/</link>
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		<title>The Summer Effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It was a rare quality, this summer effect; rare and yet something every post-adolescent male has encountered at least once in their lives&#8221; I love the movie (500) Days of Summer. I mean the soundtrack alone was the ish! But even better than the music was this notion of &#8220;The Summer Effect&#8221;- that there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/05/06/the-summer-effect/</link>
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		<title>Obligations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to do things you don&#8217;t want to do. Work or family obligations can be awkward, taxing, and the last thing you want to do with your time. But you do them. You put a smile on your face and you keep your mouth shut. Sometimes, those things you thought where going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrorrsclassroom.com/2010/04/28/obligations/</link>
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