“I don’t like history,” or, “I have never been good at history” many students admit when they first step into my history class. I respond to those detractors with something like this, “Well, this class will be different than any […]
Charles Adams, the son of President John Quincy Adams (and grandson of John Adams), followed in his father’s footsteps in the political realm and became a diplomat to Great Britain. He also kept a pretty detailed journal which became public […]
After five years of doing the same old thing in my History 1700 class (the general education history class every student has to take) at Dixie State University, I decided it was time to revamp things. Although my class was […]
Facebook. It pervades our society. It is the ultimate time waster for many. It has its positives, but I argue it often robs us of time we could spend doing something much more constructive. With this in mind, I gave […]
Chris Hedges, a New York Times reporter and author of a bestselling book about the Iraq War once said that war “simplifies and focuses life; it offers purpose.” I couldn’t agree more, but I’m not thinking of a traditional war. […]
Veteran parents have resigned themselves to the inevitable reality, while new parents experience sticker shock. That reality, of course, is the expense parents must shell out to care for a baby in his or her first year. A few days […]
Chocolate. Roses. Conversation Hearts. Greeting Cards. Valentine’s Day is so cliche. Single Awareness Day was the way I remembered it in college. That was because back then, I NEVER had a Valentine on Valentine’s Day. I did attend a […]
In 8th grade, at the urging of my parents, who have always been connoisseurs of old movies, I watched the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. No movie before or since has piqued my interest in the subject […]
The United States has a geography illiteracy problem. According to the the 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress , almost three-fourths of U.S. eighth graders score below proficiency in geography. In reading numerous articles on the topic, I found that U.S. […]
For whatever it’s worth – Happy Groundhog Day! But in reality, this so-called holiday is a waste of ink on calendars. How much stock should one really put in the prognostication of a furry little rodent? Regardless of whether he […]