Get Out of My Way Mentality: Sources of Frustrations in Daily Life
For the last few days, I’ve felt a rant coming on. I seem to be in one of those periods when almost everything bothers me. It happens on occasion with…
Category: Attitudes
The tradition of a hand-written thank you note.
I am going out on a little limb with this post. My recently graduated son is leaving for college today. He had many thank you notes to write since his…
How does being an optimist, a pessimist or a realist effect your happiness?
What do you classify yourself as? Are you a pessimist, an optimist, or a realist? Part of my husband’s change in jobs last January was to get away from a…
First Jobs: What do you remember?
What do you remember about your first job? My first job was as a sales clerk at our local JCPenney store in the early 80’s. I remember when I interviewed and was…
Time Away: Reset II
Over the years, I have known many of my friends to take time away from their families. Mind you, this isn’t, and not meant to be, an extended break. Most…
How Can We Prepare Students to be Global Citizens When We Rarely Hire From”Outside” Our Own Communities?
Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, all with links to our community. Some of these people were students at our high school, student teachers in our classrooms, life long community members residing in…
A Page Turning Day…
Do you ever have a day when you feel like you are turning a page? Yesterday was a day like that for me. It started off as being productive. Preparations…
Categories? Who needs them?
What did the new high school graduate do the first school day after graduation? The graduate was out of bed by 7:40 a.m.. He went to the YMCA to work…
