Thanksgiving
148 years later, and these words still ring true for our country. Happy Thanksgiving. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has...
View ArticleFor 22 Dollars More
The Ohio Education Association, feeling their oats after the successful defeat of Senate Bill 5, is at it again. I was informed by my local union co-presidents that there will be a resolution at the...
View ArticleIt Had to be Done
I have been listening off and on to the reaction to the NCAA’s punishment of Penn State on both the national and the local level over the past few days. Maybe I shouldn’t be, but I cannot help but...
View Article180 Days in a Fishbowl
Last week PBS broadcasted a documentary on a year at a Washington DC high school. 180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School chronicled a year at Washington Metropolitan High School (known...
View ArticleA Prayer for the Coming School Year Part II: Confession
Most merciful God, I am not worthy to be your servant. I have not loved you whole-heartedly. I have too often followed my own path instead of the one you have laid out for me. I have not written...
View ArticleA Prayer for the Coming School Year Part IV: Supplication – A Cry for Help
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2″ O Sovereign Lord that I would know the truth of these...
View ArticleTo Logan Elm Voters
I do not know how many of you will read this post before Tuesday, or if it will convince you one way or another. In one sense it doesn’t matter. Some things just need to be said regardless of the end...
View ArticleReasons to Vote No
As a public school teacher in Ohio, I generally do support school levies. However, there are legitimate reasons to vote no on school levies and bond issues. In just about every levy campaign there are...
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