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I stop for turtles. I know it’s crazy, but often I do. At least when it’s safe to pull over. And usually I carry the lumbering testudines off the road lecturing them the whole while about the other side not being the least bit better. “Why do I do this?” you’re apt to ask. Well, unlike deer, squirrels, and runny babbits (a spoonerism for ‘bunny rabbits’) that simply succumb if hit by a speeding F-150, turtles tend to e-x-p-l-o-d-e when run over. Enough said.
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Tom and Katie were in love. After two years of courting, Tom finally worked up his courage to pop the question. No, not the “Will you marry me?” to Katie. The real question back in those years was the one asked of the bride’s father, “Do I have your permission to ask your daughter to marry me?”
Read moreWe tend to pull for the underdog team. Is that why some teams that consistently lose have some rabid fans? The question of why some school athletic programs are always at the top of their district as compared to a perennially losing team is a million-dollar question. There are some programs that traditionally win and others that traditionally lose.
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Like most educators across the nation, Tyler Junior College government professor David McClendon was in his classroom on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
Read moreDo you realize that 50 percent of the teams playing games last week lost? Are all those players considered losers? Adversity is an opportunity to strengthen character.
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Parents have always been a child’s first and most influential teachers. The foundations for a successful school experience begin in the home, long before a child enrolls in school. Social training, morals and spiritual foundations are rooted and reinforced on the home front. Academics are built on top of this foundation. With the functional foundation in place, teachers have a much easier job teaching children academic content.
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With hurricane season now officially upon us, we need to be aware that people with Alzheimer’s or other dementia can unknowingly put themselves and others in dangerous situations.
Read moreFor a 27-year-old student at Texas A&M University-Commerce, dreams really do come true. Nathan (Nate) Jester is a red-shirt freshman tight end on the Lion football team. He says he is truly living out his dream of playing college football.
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