Just when I thought the political climate in our Country couldn’t get any more absurd, President Obama’s planned pep talk to school kids and the vehement reaction against it proves me wrong agai...Read More

The only vivid memories I still have of any first day of school take place in a hallway, by a locker, in the cafeteria, or at the bus stop.  I couldn’t tell you one single thing I learned on the first day of school in any year or at any ...Read More

Some memorable take-aways from a summer of reading, living and learning. 1.    Biting someone will get their attention. Little Danny was sent to my office on the third day of summer school at Yancy Elementary where I was serving as “acting” princip...Read More