It isn’t every day that we get to engage with something dating back to 300 B.C., but the proverb “Time heals all wounds” is just that. Have you ever had someone quote this proverb to you when you needed just a little bit of reassurance, which this one so consistently provides? Just saying it to…
Lessons Relearned: Some Good News About America
“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear” begins Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing.” Though published in his “Leaves of Grass” poetry collection in 1860 with the Civil War looming, Whitman’s verse celebrates the American work ethic, individuality, and the unity of the country. Things are different today. We may have occasionally…
Back to School, Ready or Not!
It’s been a few years since I’ve endured back-to-school shopping, all-school fundraisers and parent-teacher conferences. Still, the end of summer brings a sweet sense of excitement over September’s promise of a clean slate. I can only assume that having spent so many years in school myself and then doing it all over again with my…
Homeschooling to Individual Success
Homeschooling is equally amazing and horrifying to new parents jumping ship from public or private schools. Hoping to provide their children with a safe and individualized education, parents are escaping a dominating ocean liner of an education system—a one-size-fits-all cruise serving a mediocre stale buffet line of homogenous courses and conformity. But once overboard, parents…
Teaching Our Children the Fundamentals of Civics
The importance of educating our children about the history of the United States and how its government works have become ever-pressing in recent years. The typical teenager can’t answer even the most elementary questions about either. Our free society, in which citizens elect their representatives, is dependent upon an educated populace. John De Gree, founder…
How Incorporating Pets in the Classroom Can Offer Lessons on Responsibility and Encourage Student Participation
Early in my classroom career, I had a student. Let’s call her Susan. School had been in session for about a month, and a guest teacher came to my room to relieve me. She told me I was wanted in the conference room for a meeting. I walked into that meeting blind, not knowing who…
Colorado Sculptor Explains the Importance of Fostering Creativity and Helping Young Artists Soar
Do you have a budding Michelangelo or Georgia O’Keeffe in your home, and are you wondering how to guide him or her on the artist’s journey? We can take children to museums, provide them with art materials, talk about art, and sign them up for classes. We can watch videos and read books on how…
A Unique College Program Helps Students Hone Important Life Skills Through Performing Shakespeare Plays
August 18, 2022
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After school one day, a gregarious and confident sixth-grade student named Travis Curtright told his mother about his plans to be a stand-up comedian. In a way, his dream came to fruition, for professionally he draws out the comedic genius of William Shakespeare as the Director of Shakespeare in Performance at Ave Maria University. It…
The Big Little Word: Living Life Using the ‘If … Then’ Method
If. Now there’s a trim welterweight of a word that can put you on the canvas with a single punch, or let you step from the ring with your hands raised in triumph. “I’ve always wished I stepped off that train,” says Bruce in Daniel Pink’s book “The Power of Regret.” Bruce is remembering his…
8 Strategies to Graduate College Debt-Free
There was a time when I didn’t have much opinion on paying for college with student loans. That was before the advent of email and thousands of messages, all with a similar subject line: “Help! I’m drowning in student loan debt!” That was before I learned that about 85% of college graduates do not end…
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