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I write awkwardsd.substack.com. Drummer for @dearforestgrove. He/him.
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JCPenney dreadful

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By Ryan Bradford Verified
| AwkwardSD
Four days before I begin my fifth year as a teacher, I go back-to-school shopping for some new, fifth-year teacher clothes. Jessica and I drive to JCPenney at Fashion Valley Mall. The good mall. The fancy mall. I’ve never been good at buying clothes. 41 years old, and I still don’t really know how to dress myself. Hence, JCPenney. I always feel feral at the end of Teacher Summer (aka Dirtbag Summer).
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Big Empty

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By Ryan Bradford Verified
| AwkwardSD
We leave Salt Lake City around 5 p.m. and drive south on State Route 6. There used to not be rush hour in Utah, but now there is, and Ryen takes us down Route 6 to avoid traffic on the Interstate. He also wants to show me the west desert, the west dez. In the years since I’ve moved away, he’s explored so much of the state, knows all the small towns, can talk about different counties. I’ve forgotten almost everything.
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It's been A Week

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By Ryan Bradford Verified
| AwkwardSD
There was a huge fight at school this week. The last few weeks of the school year are often fraught with tension. Kids are tired; teachers are tired. Holes form in the social order. Classroom management feels like fixing leaks with chewing gum. “Just keep it together,” I plead with students, daily. I’m not really sure what the fight was about, but students have told me it was Haitians vs. Somalis, two large populations at my school.
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