Category: Education
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Reading, learning all the time: All the time reading, learning.
During the past week, my focus has waivered. I started off on Sunday facing a medical emergency with my pet, Possum (really my 4-year-old Havanese). For the first time, I had to take a pet to a vet and leave him not knowing what would happen. Luckily, 48 hours later,…
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no. No. NO! Do NOT arm teachers.
I am a retired teacher. I retired after teaching in alternative educational program for 20 years. The President’s statement that we need to arm our teachers, much less to provide them a monetary bonus for carrying a gun into the classroom outrages me. Teachers work to develop positive relationships with…
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Prayer for our students
I cannot imagine leaving the latest school shooting out of Sunday’s service. We may live have a nation away from Florida, but our schools are being shaken repeatedly by shootings. The country needs to pray for healing and for answers about how to stop the violence. When the UM News…
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Enough is Enough: School shootings
I just sent off a letter to the editor at the KC Star. Sometimes I just have enough. Even though I already posted once this morning, I turned to the electronic of the KC Star and could not stop thinking about what has happened in Florida. I can’t let this…
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Reality through R-2’s class of ’72
Admittedly graduates of 1972 are facing a new reality–we are reaching traditional retirement age. Last week my hometown class faced the reality with the death of our classmate Steve. The event might not seem noteworthy, but only one other classmate Debby has died and that was due to a train…
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READ! For crying out loud, READ!
Yes, I am on a rampage. I grew up reading. My school was rural and small. I only had about 13 in my class, but I read. I read almost every book that sat on the shelves in my classrooms of Bellflower Elementary. I read what was available. This morning…
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