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I have to admit, I think my generation ruined the U.S. Educational System. I think I am Generation X, falling in the 1965-1980 era, just a little beyond the World War Two “Baby Boomer” scope. My generation is the generation “in power,” so to speak. We are the ones who occupy a good portion of…
This is an old essay, written in December, 2011. After rereading, and committing some edits, my sentiments still feel the same. As I write this, the country is caught in the midst of bickering that encroaches upon racism and bigotry. Two basic controversies test the U.S., under the guise of of one theme: Islam. First,…
I’m trying to get out of the habit of saying, “Americans.” As a society, we are really a self-centered lot. North America is comprised of both Canada and the United States. Technically, a Canadian could call herself an “American,” as she lives on the continent of North America. But, would that make people living in…
Geography is so much a part of our everyday lives we take our experiences for granted. Being a geographer is not enough; we are still susceptible to bias and not immune to being oblivious. However, I would submit the holistic nature of Geography allows trained geographers to see, interpret, and question patterns many others would…
I grapple with the paradox of my post title daily. Think about those words. The Uneducated do not create or implement educational policy at any level. Degreed people do. “No Child Left Behind” was not developed by non-degreed folks, yet inarguably NCLB has been the worst “education reform” since President Reagan declared ketchup a vegetable.…
I can’t imagine I’m particularly popular with bureaucrats. I like things to make sense, I enjoy logical consistency. Incongruities upset my fragile disposition. I’m no linguist, but “bureaucracy” may derive from the Greek’s words for ‘borrow’ and ‘crazy,’ as in “let’s borrow another entities crazy idea and implement the idea here.” Allow me to outline…
I was an early adopter of the online learning course delivery model. Many aspects of online learning course delivery I had to swallow and get over, such as sharing my lecture notes. Lecture notes were my babies and represented hours of time spent in research. Not everything one reads in a textbook is representative of…
I’ve been an educator for almost two decades now, 19 years or so. My mother taught everything from pre-school to high school special education. My grandmother taught elementary school. My uncle was a university professor in his early career. In my adolescent, I remember Mom bringing home papers to grade, assignments to evaluate, and lesson…
http://www.sciencefriday.com/embed/video/10444.swf Coyotes & the Biodiversity of Urban Environments; from ScienceFriday 4/6/2012 I like coyotes. They look like puppies, to me. Little Mr. Inquisitive in the frame above appears fascinated by the camera or something off camera. I understand people consider them a pest. Farmers in the Great Plain and the Mountain West have poisoned them…
At Ivory Tower State University, our dragon program historically has enjoyed a great reputation. Over last couple years, though, the dragon program has taken to slogging through the muck. Reputations are as fickle as the people upon whose shoulders those accolades rest, though. The hiring of individuals can really change a program, either for the…
Constant Geography 
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