{"id":683,"date":"2006-06-30T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2006-06-30T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-30T18:51:00","slug":"683","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When students Google their teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/quakerpagan.blogspot.com\">Quaker Pagan Reflections<\/a>, Cat Chapin-Bishop struggles with levels of meaning and definition after one of her 9th-graders asks, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/quakerpagan.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/w-word.html\">Are you a Witch?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><em>So there I am, clock ticking, a stack of quizzes in my hand, and for once all student eyes are on me. 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