Kindergarten: It's not a walk in the park any more
Kindergarten. Think about the word: a garden of children. It evokes an image of children placed in an environment that allows them to bloom. But is that what it is like these days? Chances are the kindergarten you remember bears little resemblance to the one kids...
Math: How Much Is Too Much?
The accepted wisdom these days seems to be that our kids need more math in order to be “competitive.” The requirements at my teenagers’ school just changed from three years of math to four–regardless of what level a student has reached upon...
I Hate Homework
Since this is the week that public school students are taking the TCAPs, I’ve decided to make it Education Week on my blog. I have enough opinions on this subject for an Education Month, but we’ll just have to see how it goes. I’ve got a busy day...
She'll Be Gone
It’s late, and I haven’t had time to post anything today, so I thought I’d share something I wrote a long–VERY LONG–time ago (about 15 years ago). [edit: this happened in 1993] The incident I recount below touched me so much at the time...
The Secret to a Happy Life
The following is a reprint of a column that appeared in The East Tennessee Catholic in 2002. When I was pregnant with my third child, friends, family, and strangers in the mall all seemed desperate to know: “Was it planned?” At first I answered,...
The Feast of St. Bernadette
When I was a little girl, I received The Song of Bernadette as a Christmas gift. The story of Bernadette and the apparitions at Lourdes captivated me, and I immediately decided that Bernadette would be my Confirmation saint years down the road. I recently re-read...Jesus Is My Uncle
Well, maybe he’s not. Actually, I don’t believe it at all, because I’m Catholic and our tradition denies that Jesus had any siblings. This is some of the suspicious information you run into doing internet-based genealogy. I was investigating my...Why I Love Ebay
It really is true that you can find almost anything on ebay. I know that many people shop for clothes there, and even big ticket items like cars, but I like to shop for treasures from the past, childhood toys, the kinds of things you think you will NEVER be able to...
What Is a Baby?
Twenty-eight years ago today–and I remember well my horror at the time, the parents of a child known forever as Baby Doe apparently decided that he was not a human being deserving of love and care when they allowed him to starve rather than correct a minor...
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In many ways, Charlotte Fien-Emlen is a typical young woman. When I first spoke with her, she was planning her wedding, and in our last email exchange she was worried about taking her college exams. B...
I still remember the day he died and how sad I was.
20 years after his death, Mister Rogers still offers a model for authenticity in a digital age
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What sets Fred Rogers apart from so many other public figures is very simple. I believe wholeheartedly that, given the chance, he would have been glad to meet me. And you.
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I am currently reading the book below, written by Shannon K. Evans. Look for a review coming soon!
