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November 24, 2008Local News
Times they are a changing.
You could lean hard on the argument that baby-boomers have not seen times this difficult in their lifetimes. The 60s and Continue »
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October 20, 2008Local News
Last time (10/10/08) “School Stuff” described the concept of a student mentoring team at school and how kids and staff can be involved in the Continue »
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October 13, 2008Local News
“Help, I need somebody, Help, not just anybody”…. “Help” the Beatles Number 1 (1965) hit that was both the album and movie title song. It Continue »
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August 25, 2008Local News
First impressions often find a place of permanence in your head. It’s the substance after the impression that can give the memory value and staying Continue »
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July 28, 2008Local News
What you see is often what you believe… and thank goodness for the brain to help us sort, dismiss, and figure it a bit. Remember Continue »
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April 28, 2008Local News
The Ohio Department of Education governs the instruction of “state academic content standards” which spell out what is to be taught at each grade level. Continue »
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February 18, 2008Local News
It might be vocabulary trash day. Back in the day, my buddies and I shared a little vocabulary all our own. This simple fun consisted Continue »
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November 12, 2007Local News
“Maybe I’m Amazed” at the way technology changes all the time. (Another beauty of a hit from the persuasive musical communication artist Sir Paul McCartney Continue »
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October 15, 2007Local News
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”
— Dr Seuss
Good stuff from Continue »
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September 10, 2007Local News
Fall is in the air, Labor Day has passed, and kids are back in school. Parents again ready themselves to guide and persist their kids Continue »
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August 13, 2007Local News
“Dream On” …An irresistible piano power ballad from the Aerosmith collection, as you may remember. (From 73’ debut album, re-released as a single in 1976 Continue »
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July 30, 2007Local News
I received an article recently on the topic of kids and summers off. (“Why our children get to take three months off” by Juliet Continue »
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July 23, 2007Local News
(British Rock Group Oasis #1 US single “Wonderwall” modern rock chart 1995)
Parents, by divine wiring, look to save their kids from themselves — its our Continue »
School Stuff
May 14, 2007Local News
What does a kid feel like on the last day of school?
Rocker Alice Cooper (Top Ten Hit “Schools Out” 1972) seemed to capture the answer Continue »
Transitions & ch-ch-ch-ch changes
April 9, 2007Local News
“And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through”
— David Continue »
School Stuff
March 12, 2007Local News
This O.G.T is what is often called in school speak as a “gatekeeper” test, meaning a student is required to pass the tests in order to move along in their education. In the case of the OGT, the moving along is graduation from any high school in the state of Ohio. Do I have to? The answer is yes!
A changed perception? — sounds good!
February 12, 2007For the Record
From a “bottom looking up” Browns fan, Good for the Colts, Peyton Manning and especially Tony Dungy! Way beyond the hoohah of football, it was Continue »
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February 5, 2007Local News
I remember as a punk kid rattling with the boys about the awesome sound of the music synthesizer. We thought it was cool just to speak of it — a ‘Moog’ point today. I really knew very little except to wonder how the sounds of a synthesizer were made in that time of “Progressive Rock.”
School Stuff
January 15, 2007Local News
How many times have you said to yourself “you won’t know if you don’t ask”?
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January 2, 2007Opinion
“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”
I wasn’t particularly tuned into the political scene at age 15, but I do clearly remember the Continue »