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Lorinda Lyons Holmes's avatar

We are territorial in personal and public spaces. Late, on time, or absent the adut present should know to shift the students to gather somewhere else in a shared space. Coud they the Co-worker and Co-students have been keeping her space warm until she arrived. (Lol) I can relate to the protective position. I have a simular story where I was called to an important adm. meeting away from my desk and room due to my expertise in a particular disciplen. I was a new teacher. A colleague carved my last name initials in wood glazed and polished. Fresh out of graduate school I was so proud to have a desk to place he name desk plate upon for professionalism. Loe and behold by the time that I returned. Someone handled my wooden desk nameplate droped it and the letters fell off. Later on, a wood shop teacher made me another one but, by then I was nolonger a Mrs. but a Ms.

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