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The Complicated Appreciation for Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5, 2026
David Himmel
The Complicated Appreciation for Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5, 2026
David Himmel

I’m not going to argue that teachers and school staff don’t need appreciation. They are important players in our children’s lives. Highly influential for good and ill. But there are a few problems I come up against with Teacher Appreciation Week. Those problems are time, effort, and even money.

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May 5, 2026
David Himmel

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I Believe... [The Lie of Leftover Pizza]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/22/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/22/23

I Believe... [The Lie of Leftover Pizza]

...that no single person should ever order a large pizza with the intent of saving some for the next few days. It’s a lie you tell yourself and you will fall for it every time.

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I Believe... [Dropping Names]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/15/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/15/23

I Believe... [Dropping Names]

...that when confronted with a name-dropper, the best course of action is to counter-name drop fictional bands. “Yeah. I saw the Anal Beads in a dive bar before they became big! The lead singer of the Flaming Colonoscopy Bags once bought me a beer in between sets.”

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I Believe... [Good Guardians]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/8/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/8/23

I Believe... [Good Guardians]

...that Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 reminds us how good the MCU can be.

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I Believe... [Beware the Pretty Mugshot]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/1/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/1/23

I Believe... [Beware the Pretty Mugshot]

...that anyone who manages to take a decent looking driver’s license photo is to be closely watched for mayhem as they are likely supernatural or alien.

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I Believe... [PodBlogger]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/24/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/24/23

I Believe... [PodBlogger]

...that ‘podcaster’ is the ‘blogger’ of two decades ago. I’m happy to have been at the forefront of both oversaturated genres.

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I Believe... [Elon Kaufman]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/17/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/17/23

I Believe... [Elon Kaufman]

...that Elon Musk is the bastard son of Andy Kaufman and wreaks havoc as a continuation of his father’s legacy.

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I Believe... [Adulting]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/10/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/10/23

I Believe... [Adulting]

...that the challenge of being a single adult is that there is no one around to say “Honey? Maybe that brick of cheese and craft beer could wait until tomorrow.”

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I Believe... [Pistols & Wands]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/3/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/3/23

I Believe... [Pistols & Wands]

I believe... that the twin consumer responses to John Wick Chapter 4 and the Hogwart’s Legacy video game seems to indicate that the plurality of Americans love guns and shrivelfigs.

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I Believe... [The Mind of March Madness]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/27/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/27/23

I Believe... [The Mind of March Madness]

...that anyone obsessed with March Madness basketball needs to back up a step when they judge me for digging comic book movies. We all go nuts for the things we loved as children.

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I Believe... [To Don't List]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/20/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/20/23

I Believe... [To Don't List]

...that sometimes, in lieu of a To-Do list which is based on accomplishing things within the day, a To-Don’t list might be as helpful in avoiding the things that defeat us in small but significant ways.

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I Believe... [Unimpressive]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/13/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/13/23

I Believe... [Unimpressive]

...that a man who is no longer looking for a romantic partner and isn’t seeking out new friends is the most free he will ever be as he no longer has anyone he needs to impress.

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I Believe... [Signed Copy, Plz]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/6/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/6/23

I Believe... [Signed Copy, Plz]

...that the best reaction to the release of my latest book is “I’d like a signed copy. But not by you.”

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I Believe... [Small Town Tenacity]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/27/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/27/23

I Believe... [Small Town Tenacity]

...that there are few things in society as pernicious and unrelenting as a tiny rural town in pursuit of a traffic fine. If the IRS had these hayseeds in charge of cracking down on corporations and billionaires, there would be no American debt crisis.

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I Believe... [Potter Litmus]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/20/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/20/23

I Believe... [Potter Litmus]

...that the new marker of whether or not I want to engage with someone is the answer to the question “So, what do you think of JK Rowling?”

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I Believe… [Age is the Number of Pounds Your Back Can Sustain]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/13/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/13/23

I Believe… [Age is the Number of Pounds Your Back Can Sustain]

..that, while personally moving all my stuff to a seventh floor apartment by myself makes my dude brain feel all badass, my back would like to register an official complaint to HR.

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I Believe... [Adopting the Sexual Habits of Your Pets]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/6/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/6/23

I Believe... [Adopting the Sexual Habits of Your Pets]

...that ‘sex positive’ is just another way of excusing your neighbor’s chihuahua when he humps your leg incessantly.

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I Believe... [Pol Pot Wasn't a Nazi]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/30/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/30/23

I Believe... [Pol Pot Wasn't a Nazi]

...that the claim that the five black officers charged with murdering another black man are agents of white supremacy is just goofy. As bad as Hitler was, you can’t pin the The Khmer Rouge on him.

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I Believe... [Did You Really Live Your Experience?]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/23/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/23/23

I Believe... [Did You Really Live Your Experience?]

I believe... that the difference between experience and lived experience is the shift from that which all people have to branding for perceived authority.

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I Believe... ['Spare' Me]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/16/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/16/23

I Believe... ['Spare' Me]

I believe... that Prince Harry is merely an avatar for an entire cohort clamoring to declare “See? I’m a victim, too! Look over here! I’m truly traumatized! Follow me on my platforms.”

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I Believe... [TikTok Illness]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/9/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/9/23

I Believe... [TikTok Illness]

...that when being austistic is somehow considered a thing of pride rather than affliction, TikTok has gone too far.

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