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I am currently a public high school administrator, and have been for the last six years. I have more than 24 years in public education, starting my career as a Spanish teacher. I do have an expertise in data analysis as it pertains to education, and am more

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Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills Tips for coaching Little League Baseball: 1 of 14

The following topics are tips for coaching little league baseball. They are intended to provide a structure and an understanding as to the coaching process. They assume that the person for whom they may have interest will do as necessary to improve his own understanding and ability to teach the game, and therefore tend towar...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills Keys to becoming a succesful hitter: 1 of 12

The ABCs of Hitting Select a bat that allows for plate coverage and has some weight to it, yet is comfortable in the hands and can be swung with speed. Test the balance of the bat by holding it in just the lower hand and fully extended out in front of the body. If conscious effort is required to keep the bat extended, it is ...
Health & Fitness > Diet Tips Understanding why diets fail: 3 of 35

Diets fail because they are an impulsive response to an issue that is a result of behavior that has been going on for an extended period of time. People look in the mirror and acknowledge they have let themselves go, realize they need to lose weight, and swear themselves to a diet. To understand this failure requires a look ...
Personal Finance > Auto Insurance Why I am glad I have car insurance: 4 of 36

I have had my share of car insurance experiences...and I have decided car insurance is a good thing. My first experience was an unanticipated encounter with a Long Island deer: 7:00 in the morning and my cup of coffee untouched in the cup holder. Suddenly and without warning there she was, out of the corner of my eye, up and...
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Collecting baseball cards: 1 of 5

Collecting baseball cards usually falls into two general categories: favorites and sets. Favorites collectors focus on a particular player or two, or a particular team. Set collectors await the complete factory set release of those sets they favor. While both strategies offer a degree of satisfaction, there is also a high de...
Education > Education (Other) Our modern educational system: Triumph or travesty?: 1 of 5

Our modern educational system is neither triumph nor travesty, and for that matter, not all that modern. More so it is a system in transition. The typical classroom at the secondary level still operates on a traditional structure in which the teacher is the primary source of information, and the transmission of this knowledg...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills How to throw harder in baseball: 1 of 5

Baseball throwing velocity is a product of genetics relative to ligaments, tendons, and the muscles associated with the rotator cuff. These physical structures determine arm speed. Arm speed equates to throwing velocity: the baseball can only go as fast as the speed of the arm at the point of release. To take full advantage ...
Health & Fitness > Gym & Health Club Beginner's guide to weight training routines: 4 of 18

Even someone new to weight training belongs in a commercial gym. A membership is cost effective, the environment is stimulating and educational, and there is no comparison to a home gym as to equipment and variety. Choose a place close to home that is clean, bright, airy and well maintained. Weight training, or resistance tr...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Tips on getting your teen into college: 3 of 9

There is no denying that statistically college graduates possess greater financial earning power than non-graduates. That being said, college is not for everyone. However, for those that so aspire, it is the process more than the particular institution that ultimately is of value. A parent may best guide their teen by consid...
Law & Justice > Lawyers & Legal Advice Legal information: The statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases in Illinois: 3 of 9

The statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases in Illinois has been amended most recently in 2003 (735 ILCS 5/13-202.2). This amendment pertains to the sexual abuse of persons under the age of 18 as previously prescribed by the states's Criminal Code of 1961, statute 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1. Its intent is to provide the pa...