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Posts by Caroline Emmons

Just had this happen (and am sure it will keep happening). I invite the student in for an in depth convo about the paper. Usually they confess.

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A marvelous letter in today’s New York Times from Victoria Chen, a senior at Georgetown, on the vitality of the humanities. . .

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Let's just make Democrat and Republican bathrooms and see which one women choose

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According to one story, Leon Trotsky was said to have been particularly fond of a Jewish dairy restaurant called Triangle Dairy in the Bronx, whose waiters were Russian emigrés. Trotsky refused to tip after eating as a matter of principle, insisting that "tipping was demeaning to the dignity of a workingman, and that a person should get a regular salary, enough to live on, and not have to depend on tips". For the same reason, he tried to persuade other customers to refuse to tip as well. This led to verbal abuse, poor service, and one incident where waiters intentionally spilled hot soup on him.

According to one story, Leon Trotsky was said to have been particularly fond of a Jewish dairy restaurant called Triangle Dairy in the Bronx, whose waiters were Russian emigrés. Trotsky refused to tip after eating as a matter of principle, insisting that "tipping was demeaning to the dignity of a workingman, and that a person should get a regular salary, enough to live on, and not have to depend on tips". For the same reason, he tried to persuade other customers to refuse to tip as well. This led to verbal abuse, poor service, and one incident where waiters intentionally spilled hot soup on him.

Just found out Leon Trotsky was one of *those* guys

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Not much good happened on Nov. 5 but I did get another cool pin for being an election official in a presidential year. I remain full of admiration for the incredible hard work and dedication of election workers. Doing this work has also contributed to how I teach about democracy.

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Hey public history friends! We’d love to see you at our November zoom meet up, talking all things graduate school. #ncph #publichistory
Register here: community.ncph.org/events/Event...

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