We didn’t know we had it bad. When there is little or no point of reference, you don’t know what you’re missing. This is true of pretty much everything in the world, ever. Did people in the thirties know how hot they were without air conditioning? No, because they never experienced air conditioning. I stillContinue reading “Isn’t This Why We Fought the Commies?”
Category Archives: history
Vertical Connection
“It was my first Christmas in sixty-two years without her. I don’t know how to act.” That was the first thing he said as we sat down to lunch. Arby’s. It was his idea. His wife had died about two months earlier, one day after her eighty-first birthday. At her memorial service, their pastor encouragedContinue reading “Vertical Connection”
I’m the Student
Looks like I’m going to owe some money to the school district for which I work. Yeah. When you’re going to school, you pay. Learning costs money. When you become a teacher, you get paid to facilitate learning for others. Learning costs. Teaching pays. I am a teacher, and I get paid for my services.Continue reading “I’m the Student”
Student Loans
When I went back to college in my early twenties, I borrowed the money via student loans. I can’t remember the amount that I borrowed, but I do remember that I borrowed the absolute maximum I could. Like an idiot. Thankfully, it only took me a year and a half to graduate, so it wasn’tContinue reading “Student Loans”