You are all familiar with Alcoholics Anonymous often referred to simply as AA. Well I’m in need of a like organization that would be referred to as PA or Politics Anonymous. I don’t believe one exists though. I’ve been so good for so long and then yesterday I fell off the wagon! You know those political posts on Facebook they can be so cruel and degrading. I’m constantly fighting the urge to write an insult right back at them and…..
Many years ago when our family was traveling to Montana to visit relatives we camped for a night on the edge of the North Dakota Badlands near the frontier town of Medora. We spent part of the day exploring the old town and were reminded that Teddy Roosevelt spent his early years in Medora and that experience left a lasting impression on his life. His life successes can be partially attributed to those years he spent being a cowboy and…..
“You’re teachers pet. You’re teachers pet!” I can remember that was a common accusation that was hurled at I and my fellow classmates from time to time in elementary school those many years ago. Most students probably feared being categorized as a teacher’s pet. Such a nametag was probably one of the first examples of negative peer pressure to exist in our educational system. Nobody wanted to be considered a ‘teacher’s pet’. Nobody but me, that is! I am a…..