Market forces bring us to decisions we often would not make on our own. Part of the beauty of our economy and our way of life is the creativity in both business ideas and implementation. Throughout our history men and women have had the opportunity to invent both products and processes. Every once in a […]
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2011 Affton School Board Self-Evaluation
Refusing To Be A god, part II
Refusing To Be A god, part I Check out this article by Rick Reilly on ESPN.com. This young man, Tim Tebow, deserves our respect and support if only 25% of this story is true. I am not talking about rooting for the Denver Broncos in some silly football game. I am talking about supporting a […]
Who really invented the Smartphone?
Here on the 20th anniversary of the first smartphone, I thought it appropriate to write about the long revised history of one this cultures most used tools. This funny little device many of use every day, the smartphone, is considered by some to be “my precious”. To whom do we owe the gratitude for this […]
Affton School District Channel Article, January 2012
Why the Excitement regarding the Early Childhood Center? I have been asked on a couple of occasions why this new facility is such a “big deal”. I can only answer this directly from my perspective and anecdotally from what others have said in meetings, discussions, and planning. Suffice it to say I feel it is one […]
Are you “Good” for kids?
I have learned to assess educators in my life by a simple but powerful criteria. Are they good for kids or not? The subtlety by which behavior is not good for kids was brought home to me by an experience I had in my professional development. I have a pretty full plate. Trying to finish […]