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Abbi Mireille Dion

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Jan 26

Why Won’t You Quit?

“All I’ve ever asked, ever fought for, been stabbed and beaten for is to ask and demand that the United States of America live up to its…

Why Won’t You Quit?

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Age of Awareness

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Abbi Mireille Dion

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Jul 24, 2025

Are We Sure About This?

Yesterday, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon released the fourth supplemental grantmaking priority for our schools: advancing AI in…

Photo of a book page that includes the quotation from Audre Lorde “Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Nov 3, 2024

Bigotry, Expectations, and Leaf-Raking

What we wish, when we wish, is the world were just.

Bigotry, Expectations, and Leaf-Raking

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Jun 3, 2023

We All Need an Al-Anon Meeting

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” — Proverb

This is a photo of 16 incredible English 9 students, half of an average class size of a freshmen English class.

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Dec 27, 2022

Things Are Going to Get Weird

“I do not want to alter one hierarchy in order to institute another. . . . More interesting is what makes intellectual domination possible…

Things Are Going to Get Weird

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Feb 17, 2022

If you are a teacher, I love you.

“Our school system would not be sustained without the unpaid labor of teachers and other educators.”

If you are a teacher, I love you.

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Nov 24, 2021

Home Alone 5 (or I guess 6)

“The school is not quite deserted,” said the Ghost. “A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.” — Charles Dickens…

Home Alone 5 (or I guess 6)

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Apr 23, 2020

Why I am Voting for Joe Biden

Hello. I am not here to change your mind.

Why I am Voting for Joe Biden

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Mar 6, 2020

My President was almost Liz Warren

The photo above is iconic. To me, at least. This is Elizabeth Warren telling her staff she would not be named director of the Consumer…

My President was almost Liz Warren

Abbi Mireille Dion

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Feb 5, 2019

Did you hear the one about the teacher who asked for more?

Wherein I respond to a well-meaning commenter about why I don’t blame a new teacher for walking away from the profession.

Did you hear the one about the teacher who asked for more?

Abbi Mireille Dion

Abbi Mireille Dion

Teacher, Writer, Parent, Sister, Survivor, Spouse, Student. “Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.” — Bruce Lee

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