Tag Archives: Education

Learning to Keep My Mouth Shut – Asking Your Advice

Posted on March 17, 2018 by

My confession: I am a reformed horrible speller and still struggle with grammar and syntax. I have improved a great deal, but I am still very conscious of those liabilities. I have worked hard over the years to overcome those … Continue reading →

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The Crucial Difference between Respecting Adults and Showing Respect

Posted on March 13, 2015 by

When our child was young we made a critical decision regarding teaching the idea of respect. We never taught our daughter to respect adults. Why? Because some adults are not worthy of respect. Because we wanted our daughter to be … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Choice in Education: part one

Posted on October 2, 2014 by

From Parochial School to Public School Our daughter started four-year-old half-day kindergarten in a small parochial school with a wonderful teacher who infected her students with eagerness to learn and easily captured their imaginations. An elderly friend once asked our … Continue reading →

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