"The First Day of School" — What a Bill of Goods

"The First Day of School" is a best-seller in the education training business. I received a copy of this book the first day of teacher credential school. At South East High School in South Gate, the lead teacher who wanted to prepare us for the next academic...

Virgin Mary in New Jersey

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/13/12723230-virgin-mary-image-on-tree-in-new-jersey-crowds-say-yes?lite I think the residents of New Jersey would serve themselves better thanking God for sending His Son to bear the wood that he hung on — the Cross...

Senate Balance of Power from Rasmussen: July 12

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/2012_senate_balance_of_power The Mainstream Media had outlined Florida as a possible safety value for the Democratic Party. Bill Nelson, the Florida Democratic senator up for reelection, was slated to win again as...

Romney Reaches Out

I am impressed with Governor Romney. He is the first Republican presidential candidate who campaigned in South Los Angeles in 2008. California, for all intensive purposes, is a long-gone and forgone conclusion, a Democratic bastion. Yet that tradition has...

Christie Takes on Teacher Tenure

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/chris_christie_teacher_tenure.html New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is the consummate leader when it comes to character and compromise, at least compared to the current crop of leaders which are floundering in Washington,...

Former Student: "I'm Sorry"

The first run as a student teacher was an unpleasant mess- worse than a trial run. I did what I was told, even when the advice was conflicting, at the second site that I was assigned to, yet I cannot say that I really deserved to pass. In some ways, I think I got...