by altha-admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Articles
“Guys just do stupid guy stuff.” “70% of men are involved in pornography” These and other trite and denigrating phrases I suffered hearing from a number of men on men. I have always found crude and offensive these allegations that men are inherent boorish and loutish,...
by altha-admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Articles
Milwaukee Mayor and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett kept trying to tag the label of "Rock Star to the Far Right" to Governor Walker, yet nothing could be further from the truth. Governor Walker is the rock star for the Tax Payers, for the Tea Party, for...
by altha-admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Articles
It had taken me a long time to learn this: favor does not require a favor. If I want favor, it must be unmerited, nothing more. I cannot earn and maintain the favor of others in my life. The students whom I taught, even if they wrote me nice letters, even if...
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...
