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Welcome to Reality 101 College Graduates! - Peggy Butler
Happiness is yours for the taking, so reach out and grab it by the rear end. Beneath the lush, golden sky symbolizing the world’s ambiance, a nostalgic haze looms across the terrain. Staring at the stunning display, your eyes wander to a sign, peering beneath a bed of roses. Anxious to see what... Submitted 4 years 268 days ago.

Teaching Jobs Abroad for Newly Qualified Teachers - Kelly Blackwell
Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) may be preventing themselves from beginning their international teaching career as soon as they qualify because they are finding misleading information on the internet. How does this happen? When NQTs search the internet for teaching jobs overseas, the... Submitted 4 years 275 days ago.

NCLB and Accountability of Teachers, Students, Parents, and Administrators - Robert Rose
Teachers, administrators, students, and parents all should be partially accountable for a student’s education. The question of how is not that simple, but can be done. California Education Code and State Laws legally do hold students accountable, but when teachers dare to follow through with what... Submitted 4 years 342 days ago.

Ten Characteristics of Successful Kids in School - Christina Riggan
Every parent wants their child to be successful in school. How do you do that? What attributes should you encourage, notice and applaud? Remember applause to kids is like candy-- the reward is the more you give it, the more they want it. Which allows you to reward the behavior you hope to... Submitted 5 years 172 days ago.

Labeling a Student Can Be Harmful - - Linda Weaver Clarke
Teachers have a great responsibility. They are not only teaching young minds, but they are shaping the future. Some teachers don’t take the time to understand their students and help them to learn, just because a child may be difficult. A young fifteen-year-old boy received excellent... Submitted 5 years 188 days ago.

Going to College?---Even Old Timers Get Those First Day Jitters - Sandra E. Graham
If you look in the mirror and there’s more gray in your hair than Carter has little liver pills you may wonder, “what the heck am I doing!?" The butterflies in your stomach are wreaking havoc with your French toast breakfast. It’s only the first day of school---yours. So you’re going to college... Submitted 5 years 201 days ago.

Cognitive Skills Testing - Dr. Ken Gibson
Every single day medical specialists use tests to spot medical problems and prevent future catastrophes with heart scans, EKGs, cholesterol screenings, dental x-rays, and eye exams. It makes sense, doesn't it? SO, ASK YOURSELF: Why should I accept any proposed solution for my child's learning... Submitted 6 years 19 days ago.

How Did We Survive? Part Iii - - Dave Potchak
HOW DID WE SURVIVE? Part III Ah, I’m back. A quick hit of fumes f Submitted 6 years 201 days ago.

How Did We Survive? Part Ii - - Dave Potchak
HOW DID WE SURVIVE? Part II I am back. After a couple of sessions with my therapist, I feel well en Submitted 6 years 201 days ago.

Nuclear or Nukeular ... It's All Armageddon To Me! - - Octavia Hansen
Ever since George W was in the White House, I cringe when I hear the pronunciation . . . the world is 'nuclear' . . . it's NOT nuke - u - lar. it's New - clee - er. This was from a man who's wife is a school teacher and his finger is almost pressing the button! No matter how they say it, or... Submitted 34 days 20 hours ago.

THE COLLEGE (reminiscences) - IvanPetryshyn
It was an unexpectedly shocking new environment- many new faces, nobody knew you, you knew nobody, and they all seemed to know as much as you, more or (rarely) less. A double shock- they were demanding and tough, I mean the professors but also they made us, the students, know what was supposed... Submitted 35 days 23 hours ago.

Love Your Child. Let Them Know What Education is NOT Before It’s Too Late - Jeff Brown
Most parents and students, society in general, are under the false notion that education is for the kids. It’s all about what’s best for the children. Nothing could be further from the truth. Regarding primary and secondary education, elementary through high school, it is government... Submitted 46 days 17 hours ago.

A Foreign Language Class - IvanPetryshyn
well, over 20 prominent characters. over 20 he's and she's. nearly all - well-bred, honest, calm and willing - a mosaics of ego's and personalities. some of them had been having different everyday problems - they were sick or somebody from their families was sick ... some thought they had... Submitted 54 days 3 hours ago.

Being Degreed, Licensed, Certificated as Validation of Competence is a Can of Codswallop - Jeff Brown
In my job, I’m always hearing about being degreed, certificated, licensed to do this and that, that you can’t do the job or do it well without some group’s arbitrary validation of your skill-set. Poppycock! I’ll elucidate for you in the here and now. No need to ponder to... Submitted 66 days 22 hours ago.

10 Ways to Help Your Child's Body & Mind Grow - - Celeste Simmons
Raising children isn’t easy. As parents, we are expected to do a lot of things for our children to insure their safety and wellness. Sometimes, it’s tough to know what is right for them, and what isn’t. After all, they have technology available to them that we never had. They... Submitted 86 days ago.

The Road To Teaching - Michael Eza
Dr. Sonia Cintrón-Marrero is a professor of Modern and Classical Languages at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU). At the desk in her office right before lunch in front of her neatly shelved books from behind thin brimmed glasses and long curly black hair she says that “When... Submitted 87 days ago.

You Want an Education, But Where Do You Begin? The Self, of Course - Jeff Brown
In order to know where to go, how far you’ll go, the nature of where you should go in order to achieve at the highest degree, you must first and foremost know thyself. To thine own self be true, yes? Therefore, you must not only know your skills, abilities, propensities, desires, and... Submitted 104 days 22 hours ago.

Education Reform: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Missing - Jeff Brown
One of the main issues regarding education reform is the extent of what that really means. In order to understand the full thrust of the problem, one has to understand the playing field first and foremost. The term “No child left behind” is often bandied about by politicians when... Submitted 108 days 17 hours ago.

As I Sit Here In This School. - - Michael Moody
As I sit here in this school, paying for things that I learned in the 4th grade baffales me. Ya I understand that you need a refresher, but not to learn something you learned in grade school. It's ridiculous, this is college! This is not K-12. I sit here expongeing these things that the... Submitted 114 days 4 hours ago.

Got Education? How to Remedy Today’s Failed American Dream - Jeff Brown
(Core materials covered in my seminars and workshops) Today, 33% of all public high school students are dropping out. Of those who graduate high school, upwards of 70% desire to obtain a college degree. The majority do not. And of those who acquire a college degree—of deflated... Submitted 116 days 15 hours ago.

Cheerleaders . . . or . . . You're Gonna Get A K - I - C - K! - Octavia Hansen
Cheerleading. No, I don't think so. Stop! Hell no! Any plainer? I'm old. I'm getting older and I have certainly out grown anything built around high school. The kids are from another planet and I am relieved about that. To think they are part of the Earth's gene pool is too dismal to contemplate.... Submitted 145 days 8 hours ago.

Time To Smarten Up About Grade School Politicking - Gerry Charbonneau
" Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?" — Warren Hutcherson It is that time of the year when somewhat cranky and sleepy parents... Submitted 161 days 1 hour ago.

A Snake in Wolf's clothing. - Elfreda Eriksen
Rapacious plunderer. Hidden under the cloak of love. Sits in wait behind the open door of the honest heart, The fraudulent beast intrudes inch by inch, With words seeming sincere, the wolfish beast chants incantations congruent with its prince-like mask. Layer by layer it shreds... Submitted 167 days 3 hours ago.

On the Wrong Bus - - John Waddey
Now and again we read of a young student who mistakenly gets on the wrong school bus. Of course, the bus will not take him where he needs to go. He must get off and find the correct bus that will take him home. In adult life some people get into the wrong profession. Maybe their parents’s... Submitted 209 days 21 hours ago.

The Graduation Ceremony around the world - Ralph Vargas
An examination of the graduation ceremony from around the world. Their traditions, importance, and some history. The graduation ceremony is certainly an important event which Americans take incredibly seriously. Needless to say, everything in The united states which indicates triumph and also... Submitted 316 days 4 hours ago.