{"id":5498,"date":"2022-03-21T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2022-04-20T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T03:23:05","slug":"back-at-brinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=5498","title":{"rendered":"Back at Brinker!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1740_Fotor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"972\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1740_Fotor-972x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1740_Fotor-972x1024.jpg 972w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1740_Fotor-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1740_Fotor-768x809.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1740_Fotor.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I returned to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Brinker Elementary (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pisd.edu\/brinker\" target=\"_blank\">Brinker Elementary<\/a> in Plano, TX! I lived in Plano for several years while writing for the PBS TV show Wishbone and it\u2019s always fun to come back and visit. And today I got to visit a whole new batch of Brinker Bears\u2014Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade, to be precise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1116_Fotor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"464\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1116_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1116_Fotor.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1116_Fotor-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1116_Fotor-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bears had loads of great questions and did a wonderful job with all the animal sounds\u2014even better than the last time I was there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_110f_Fotor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"739\" height=\"519\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_110f_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_110f_Fotor.jpg 739w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_110f_Fotor-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Mrs. Tewolde, Mrs. Tamez, and the Brinker PTA for having me out. Thanks to Mrs. Pearson for the use of the library and the fun lunch conversation. But the biggest thanks of all goes to the Brinker Bears themselves. Remember what I said, if you think of any more questions, have your parents email me and ask away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1100_Fotor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"741\" height=\"595\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1100_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1100_Fotor.jpg 741w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1100_Fotor-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10fc_Fotor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"383\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10fc_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10fc_Fotor.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10fc_Fotor-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10fc_Fotor-768x294.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I returned to Brinker Elementary in Plano, TX! I lived in Plano for several years while writing for the PBS TV show Wishbone and it\u2019s always fun to come back and visit. And today I got to visit a whole new batch of Brinker Bears\u2014Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade, to be precise. The Bears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5531,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions\/5531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}