I came to a realization today: the level of caution in my driving has a direct correlation to my perception of the state of my appearance. By that I mean, I am more cautious when I perceive I look hideous and would not want to be stopped by a police officer or be in any [...]
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The most important evaluation…
It is end-of-the-semester grading time again. This is a time of mixed emotions - sadness because another semester is at an end, elation because another semester is at an end... sadness because you have to give a grade that is less than desirable to a student you like an awful lot, elation because a student [...]
One for the win column?
There is snow in the forecast. John Wheeler is predicting three to six inches tonight and into Sunday. Hmmm...I am not so sure that we'll get that much. Of course, I am not a meteorologist or a climatologist, but where snow is concerned I have been Nancy Drew since the fall of last year. As Nancy Drew [...]
Horrible inequities…
Three West Fargo students died over the past three days. Three families lost beloved children, students lost friends, and the community lost its sense of serenity. Whenever a young person dies there is a sense that something in the universe has gone horribly awry. There is something so difficult to absorb about a young person leaving [...]
Are you a try-hard?
The other day Cheyenne was telling me a story about a group she was working with at school and said about one of the group members, "She's a tri-hard." I laughed out loud when I heard it and told her that I think she meant to say die-hard. To that she replied, "No, I meant [...]
I pray…
Two North Dakota soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday. The soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Darren Linde, 41, of Devils Lake, and Spc. Tyler Orgaard, 20, of Bismarck, were doing a routine clearance operation when an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle. Spc. Ian Placek, 23, also of Bismarck, was injured in the explosion that [...]
If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.
There is a saying often uttered in the autism community, "If you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." Autism is not a definitional box filled with discrete behavioral, neurological, or physical descriptors - it is a spectrum filled with ranges of color and shading, nuances upon nuances, and palettes that [...]
THE NEW FORTY 