Chrissie Powers
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Started writing after 20 years of teaching others how to write
Interested in everything about life and people
Digital marketer, English teacher, Mum
Most of all - a bookworm
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This Election Result Will Provide a Welcome Breather, But Not Really Address America's Issues in Depth
One of the truest opinions I heard (which I am going to post and not forget, as it summarises what I have studied and analysed for years), voiced by an American lady, follows below:
By Chrissie Powers5 years ago in The Swamp
Are Digital Wearable Gadgets the Best Way to Detect Covid-19…
As a part-time substitute teacher, I am called for ‘cover’ at a school or college, where there is a teacher sick or unable to take a class. I have found myself particularly wanted during the ‘Covid’ period — many teachers have had to take periods of self-isolation, on account of family members, or for themselves. To stop me from bringing COVID into the host college, despite being asymptomatic, I am stopped at the entrance, where a security guard takes my temperature with a digital thermometer — a 1 or 2-second procedure. If my temperature shows above 37.5 degrees centigrade (99.5F), I will not be allowed to enter. This seems a widespread practice among UK educational institutions — I have often wondered how accurate it is.
By Chrissie Powers5 years ago in Longevity
I wrote a letter to my dead brother, to apologise for not saving his life
THE STORY My brother died a Christmas ago, at a train station in Birmingham, UK. We only learned this 5 days after. CCTV showed him standing in the middle of the tracks, waiting for the train to come. The authorities had held on to him until he was claimed. There had been no way to identify him.
By Chrissie Powers5 years ago in Psyche
