by altha-admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Articles
My first set of mentor teachers sent off heated emails to my credential advisor. They both said that I was confrontational,in both letters. The credential advisor did not minimize this fact. By then, they let me go, with the personnnel officer...
by altha-admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Articles
The cult of “manhood” is still causing problems in the body of Christ. We are not called to fulfill any duty as men or women, We are not called to live our lives in accordance with any set of rule. In fact, the law is designed to bring every one of us to the end...
by altha-admin | Jun 5, 2012 | Articles
When I thought of the calm June Days at the end of my senior year at Torrance High School, I remembered Ms. Wagner so well. Earlier this year, preparing a "My Turn" piece for the local paper, I looked back on what it meant to be a good teacher, to...
by altha-admin | Jun 5, 2012 | Articles
I respect Dennis Prager’s notion that Jews as a rule argue with the Ruler of the Universe. I do not respect the notion that God merely succumbs to a petulant stand-off, like a wearied parent worn-out from explaining the obvious to an over-thinking teenager. Job the...
by altha-admin | Jun 5, 2012 | Articles
I did not want to be a teacher, as much as I wanted to be a lively personality, like my English teacher Mr. M. I really liked him. He seemed to be having so much fun doing what he was doing. Now that I consider it at length, I could never stand to be a teacher,...
