Shelby Dupree, ex-law student and writer of stories.: Teacher

Friday, November 27, 2009

Teacher

This girl - excuse me, woman (mom of 6) just returned from Washington D.C. to Madison, Wisconsin to teach. She could've gone just about anywhere after her clerkship with the highest Court in the land - but she's gonna teach.

What the world needs more of - teachers with the passion to share.

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Steve Skinner said...: Over the years, I had many teachers who were filled with passion for education and never failed to inspire me to learn. I am truly thankful for each and every one of them!; November 27, 2009 11:45 AM

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May it please the Court.

My name is Shelby Dupree and I am counsel for the . . .

This is a case about a girl who tried to beat the odds (and still will).

She went to law school last year at age forty (ok, now it's been a couple years and now I'm early mid-forties), with a husband and two teenagers in tow. She worked her @#$ off, and is now working full time as a para "worker" - a job she would almost do for free because she enjoys it so (I just got a very small raise, so I actually do the job for almost free).

She loves the law. Pure and simple, and she'll never do anything else.

The law is an addiction - Shelby's all consuming passion.

"The issue here is the rule of law." - spoken by Judge Michael P. Mills, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, in a recent sentencing hearing in a tragic case of corruption too close to home for comfort.
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I'm a southerner, in the true-ist sense of the word. I'm an old soul, my accent is sweet and I simply adore the story telling of my people - and Pat Conroy is one of the best storyists evuh.

Shelby Dupree, ex-law student and writer of stories.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Teacher

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