“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 […]
Author: Reuben Wadsworth
Parenting: It’s all about time
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 […]
History teaching: eliminate memorization and emphasize depth of knowledge
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 […]
Reflections on a week without facebook
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 […]
Focus and perspective learned from childhood cancer
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. […]
Ten-wipe diaper changes, sticker shock, and more: harsh realities of baby’s first year:
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 […]
Make it a non-cliche Valentine’s Day this year
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 […]
A Notorious Outlaw: My Hero
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 […]
Don’t be a security threat: Teach your kid geography!
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. […]
Groundhog Day is a peasant
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 […]
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