: About Me

I am a professonal educator with a Master's Degree in Administration. My employment experiences range from mowing lawns, hospital orderly, convenience store clerk and Disc Jockey to insurance office manager, high school principal, and District Technology Director. I have always been interested in writing and have entertained the thought of "pounding a keyboard" (I learned to type on a Royal Manual Typewriter) to make a living. I am looking forward to interacting with others on Helium.

My passion is ...

My Children, ALL of them

I know too much about ...

nothing and too little about everything

My parents always told me ...

that God is good; and they were/are correct.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a comedian

My favorite memory ...

holidays with family

Why I write ...

It's time for me to put my experiences, knowledge, and thoughts "on paper' so that others might benefit from them.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Dave Ramsey's "More Than Enough"

My first job ...

selling light bulbs door to door at age 9

My best moment ...

Changes on a daily basis.

My inspiration ...

my Mom and my Dad

Education > Homework & Testing How parents can increase their child's math performance

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The detectives from the TV series “Dragnet” hit the nail on the head when they said, “The facts maam, just the facts.” That is the key to every young student’s success in math – learning math facts.  It seems that as we have been adding so many different duties, responsibilities, and requirements to our schools and their teachers that the time for learning math facts has been replaced with teaching “how to get along with others” and other such subject matter.  Well, maybe that is a little extreme, but the number one complaint of tea...

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