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Stats: Career - teacher, English
Interests - playing guitar, writing, songwriting
Personal - Married, 10 yrs, 2 kids, beautiful wife, life is good
Personal goals - to write more. This is why I am so excited about this website. I used to write for three newspapers,

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Education > Alternative Education (Other) Alternative education: Alternative to what?: 1 of 19

The heading of this segment asks one of the most important educational questions facing the very future of our country today: Alternative to what? In a word: parenting. School should not be a place to baby-sit, which is what a lot of parents actually believe. What we need is an alternative system of education that both attem...
Arts & Humanities > Art History Is graffiti art?: 2 of 18

Graffiti: Ugly Goes Deeper that Just the Paint We all see it; we all have our ways of ignoring it. Some may just utter a small chuckle under their breath, perhaps even a slight shake of the head as they continue on their way. Others turn a blind eye altogether, not even seeming to notice the unsightly scars scrawled across t...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Music: 2 of 14

The Electric Guitar vs. the Accordion In this age of modern, popular music, the evolution of certain instruments have resulted in wide spread popularity, boasting a host of famous celebrity musicians. Of these popular instruments, the electric guitar is clearly one of the most celebrated. Invented during the 1940's by guitar...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Anger: 5 of 34

Anger and the Fear of Death As humans, I believe it is part of either our conscious or unconscious nature to search for "ultimate meanings". One of the most important of these meanings involves questions about life and death. There are far too many incongruent beliefs surrounding these matters. People begin to feel insecure,...
Celebrations & Holidays > Mother's Day & Father's Day How to make the perfect Mother's Day brunch: 2 of 13

In order to create the perfect Mother's Day brunch, you need much more than a mere working knowledge of how to cook. You are your mother's creation - her work of art. In order to reflect this profound insight back, you need to create an environment that exudes colors and textures. Like the perfect sculpture, try to produce a...
Education > High School Math & Sciences The link between music education and math/science performance: 1 of 6

Having helped my wife co-run her own daycare business, it was easy to see one simple and clear thread that tied all the parents of the children we enrolled together: a concern over intelligence and the child's capacity to learn. One morning, a mother of an 18 month-old girl we had just enrolled showed up at our doorstep to d...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Personal accounts of Thanksgiving: 7 of 32

The Trauma of November the 1st (or: ‘Twas the Month before Christmas) November 1st, 2010 @ a large, mega grocery store: The sweet taste of Halloween chocolate hadn’t even melted fully away from my tongue before the assault began. Ok, so maybe using the word “assault” is a little too ...
Health & Fitness > Alcoholism How alcohol affects the body: 2 of 8

The dangers of driving under the influence are well known in our society today, yet people still engage in this dangerous and even life-threatening risk. Perhaps the reason for this is a general ignorance on the physiological effects alcohol has on people. Many of us are familiar with the field tests that are administered by...
Sciences > Astronomy A look at black holes: 2 of 8

There is a force in outer space that is even more amazing than the task of trying to conceptualize the size or age of the universe itself. It is a phenomenon that boggles the mind with its sheer immensity and powerful qualities. It is a phenomenon called the black hole. According to the Cambridge Dictionary of As...
Education > Special Education Meeting special education needs without major facility modifications: 1 of 4

Different Children, Different Instructional Strategies Introduction No matter which angle one tries to view human development from, they always come to the same conclusion: everybody is different. We all have different ways of solving problems, of showing our appreciation, and we all have differences in how we learn and reta...