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Billy Faires

Open Letter to McCallie’s Leadership Regarding “Moving Forward Together as Brothers”

To: McCallie School Headmaster Lee Burns ’87 and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Jim Ruffin ’80

4 min readNov 1, 2020

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A Life and Death Promise

At his funeral back in 2010, I made a quiet promise to Joe that I would read his favorite book, The Count of Monte Cristo. After he had…

4 min readJun 28, 2018

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A Life and Death Promise

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The Big Back Catalog

Four Thousand Promises Kept

Some stories only have one ending.

4 min readMay 12, 2018

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Four Thousand Promises Kept

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The Big Back Catalog

Please Remember Me

What do we remember of friendships after the bond has been broken? When we think of a relationship that has died before the people in it…

3 min readMay 6, 2018

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Please Remember Me

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Billy Faires

Why We Blame Selena Gomez for the Dark Places

The following is my perspective as a parent who has worked with and around teenagers over 20 years in education and who majored, many moons…

7 min readMay 9, 2017

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Why We Blame Selena Gomez for the Dark Places

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Billy Faires

Battle of the Biases

NPR ran a fascinating report on September 28 regarding the implicit racial bias of preschool teachers. In the experiment, 135 teachers were…

2 min readSep 30, 2016

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Billy Faires

“’Heroes’” & the Many Lives of a Song

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination but should end in the reader’s.” — Stephen King

4 min readAug 28, 2016

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“’Heroes’” & the Many Lives of a Song

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Billy Faires

The Horror

“The VVitch: A New England Folktale,” the indie horror fave written and directed by Robert Eggars, is the tale of a man who chooses…

3 min readJul 31, 2016

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Billy Faires

Billy Faires

Communications Director. Hubby & Dad of 3. UNC grad. Never stop learning, reading, writing, singing, reaching. RTs & links ≠ endorsements.

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