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JFK, Arne Duncan and CCSS: The arts in your child’s education?
Originally posted on Reclaim Reform:
How important are the arts in the education of your child? Here are three revealing quotations. “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his experience. When power corrupts,…
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Arne and the Mommies II: “My son had great test scores…”
November 23, 2013
Originally posted on Reclaim Reform:
“My son had great test scores, so I’m not really worried,” said many mommies and daddies of varying races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, geographic locations, etc. What’s wrong with that? During the Dark Ages throughout Europe doctoral candidates were expected to rationally discuss and defend the answer to, “How many angels…
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Don’t Believe Me…
January 1, 2013
(It’s been several months, so I’m rusty… I hope you don’t mind that I’m writing again… and if you do, well, I’ll let you deal with that.) Please don’t believe me. Or even listen to me as if I know anything about anything. I’m just guessing here, making various choices based on my own experiences […]
Posted in: arts, education, family, imagination, Personal, philosophy, Random, school, teaching, Theatre
September 4, 2012
What an amazing idea. Art has an impact, especially when we participate. More to come on this…
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Why Teach? or Why Do That Voodoo That You Do?
August 12, 2012
Here’s a joke: Q: What are the three best reasons to teach? A: June, July and August! Hahahahahahahha… uhmm.. no, wait… That’s not really that funny… As a teacher (particularly as a extracurricular teacher, and most particularly as a high school Theatre teacher) I always love the inevitable question once my chosen profession has been […]
Happy Birthday, Krissy. I’ll Miss You.
July 31, 2012
“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” – Orson Welles “We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time.” – Steve Jobs On July 31, 1962 […]
Interim
June 8, 2012
Well, I went silent again. Unintentionally. Sorry about that. It’s not that I didn’t have something to write about. Anyone who knows me personally know a couple of issues have kept me busy, but now it’s time to deal with the aftermath, shift into the next ‘event’. It’s interesting to note that it is in […]
A Call to Arts!!!
June 1, 2012
*(An abbreviated version of this article was published in the Tahlequah Daily Press in the Friday June 1st, 2012 print edition as a guest commentary.) ”All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.” – John F. Kennedy I’m hoping that this article isn’t a […]
Pic of the Moment
Fírinne in Uisce Beatha 
November 26, 2013
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