Archive for October, 1999

That Magnificant “Dumb” Question

As I was preparing myself for my 6:30 p.m. first year history class last night, a student came into the office to ask a question about the “Madison Avenue Project” project on which his triad is working for next week’s presentation. He had prefaced his question with the raising of the proverbial shield to deflect [...]

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Happy Teaching

Good morning. And, it is a good morning. My walk, that started out as a reluctant trudge ended up as a dance. Let me tell you why. It has meaning for our teaching. But, I’m going to be a a tad cryptical this morning because the situation is so personal. People often ask me why [...]

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Religion and the Public Schools

There has been a lot of vigorous public discussion recently over religion and education centering around such general matters as prayer in school and recently focusing on the specific issue of the teaching of Creationism versus Evolution in Kansas and the Georgia State Board of Education’s consideration of introducing a Bible course with Christian fundamentalist [...]

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The Stars

Good morning. And it is a good morning. The pre-dawn air was crisp, sharp, invigorating. Not a mosquito or gnat in sight. The sky was crystal clear. On one particular stretch of street on the back leg of my six mile route, deeply blackened by the absence of a distracting lamp post, I tooked a [...]

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