The Way I See It

Category: Teaching

  • VALUES

    Being raised with a set of values, some worthwhile, some obsolete has given me a perspective about one’s life that guides my every word, action and thought. It amazes me each time I see those values play out and strengthens my belief in the profoundness of each. My memory though not the same as it…

  • I won’t apologize

    It is the weekend of September 11, 2016.  Fifteen years since America’s last major attack on one of its’ major cities.  So many innocent people died that day.  So many innocent people were injured that day.  So many innocent people remain ill and many are dying because of that day.  Our President elect during that…

  • It Takes A “Special” Man To Be A Dad!

    Special is defined in the English dictionary in this way: unusual or better; held in esteem; reserved; made for specific purpose; arranged for specific purpose, etc. In accordance with that definition, my dad was a very “special” person. Today May 4, 2016 is the 47th Anniversary of his death.  I was sixteen years old. Complex;…

  • Looking Ahead

    Yes, I know it has been awhile since I have been here.  By now I should be filled with words, ideas, opinions.  Thoughts that will somehow change a life if not the world.  It isn’t as if I don’t have lots to say.  There is enough material around to keep me writing for months. 2016…

  • Happiness

    Everyone wants to be happy.  It’s more than an adjective or adverb, noun or verb.  It’s an actual feeling.  It’s hardest to do when you are a young adult because all of the troubles in the world are on your shoulders. However, if one would learn to push the negative out and allow the positive…

  • Justice

    Repost of my Blog from 12 years ago. Justice is truth and Truth is justice.

  • Higher Education CAN take you Higher!

    Perhaps it is Nostalgia for me today that I’m sharing this once again, or simply sentiment. In either case it is from my heart. 2013 seems to be the banner year for me . It is the year I was forced to retire because of my affliction. Those years I spent in the University hold…

  • Teachers Appreciation Week

    I have dozens of friends and relatives who are teachers.  I have worked in higher education for over twenty years.  Because of those two facts, I feel qualified to speak about teachers in today’s blog.  So here is the way I see it! In today’s society it seems so easy to pick out the teachers…