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BABY LOVE: HOW TO SURVIVE THE OUTCOME WITH A SONG

July 15, 2021 by

Baby love isn’t about babies, it’s about the first time we feel something about another person. What was ‘that something?’ Baby love, because from a distance, a fourteen year old or fifteen year old is a baby. Big, but still a baby fifty years later. Maybe fifty-one. Was it a special teacher that kindled those […]

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GAINING SELF RELIANCE STARTS WITH GOOD TEACHERS

January 3, 2021 by

Self reliance feels like the best goal to aim for, but how do you get there? We all start from the opposite end, as little babies depending on others to lead the way. Those common beginnings fade away in the self reliant types we look up to because they do everything so well. We forget […]

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INHERITED TALENT AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

December 13, 2020 by

Inherited talent comes with that one big question: what to do? This is part of the Nature vs Nurture debate. If you’re born with the ability to do something well, how can you do it better? And who recognizes inherited talent besides helicopter parents?

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TEACHER ABUSE BAD FOR STUDENT BODY

May 24, 2018 by

  How does a seasoned school administrator lose their job by ignoring students? When they decide some student voices are more important than others.   The old saying about a squeaky wheel getting the grease may apply here, but the school official was out of lube. Now they’re out of a job, or will be […]

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GLOCK 17 DOUBLE STACK PROBLEM

February 25, 2018 by

  Why does the Glock 17 have so many bullets? Because it might take the first sixteen shots to hit a target.   Some people are bad shots. Maybe you’re a bad shot. I know I am. I nearly failed Army bootcamp because of my shot pattern with an M16. I wanted to blame the […]

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SECRET VOTES: SCHOOL, SAFETY, HEALTH CARE

June 21, 2017 by

During election years voters pick their horse, their favorite. No secret votes at the start. If they turn out they way they say they’ll turn out, good job in the ballot box. If they don’t they have a built in excuse: “I’m the lesser of two evils.” No one runs a campaign based on being […]

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OREGON EDUCATION SHOWS OFF

April 11, 2015 by

Rob Saxton: The Right Stuff In Oregon Education? If you want a 9-5 job, don’t be a teacher. Forget a quiet walk. Teachers run into students and former students all their lives. It’s inescapable. They’re marked. You’re thinking of a teacher right now. Teachers, aka Educators, are woven into societal fabric. Everybody knows that. They […]

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SUMMERTIME AND THE TEACHERS RECHARGE

July 25, 2014 by

On the surface a teaching gig looks like a cakewalk. From the classroom, to the teachers’ lounge, the time off, it makes people jealous, as if they could do the job. Here’s a message to the good people who went to school in classrooms with teachers, but aren’t teachers themselves. (Before continuing, this blogger is […]

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