I do volunteer work at a nursing home, and so many of our residents are in need of something to do.
I’ve been retired from teaching for about three years now, and I can tell you that classrooms need to change. Teachers need more authority, more money, and more cooperation from parents and the school district’s administration. We need to start failing students who don’t make the grade and have them repeat the year or attend summer school to make up for their bad grades.
There needs to be stricter discipline in schools as well. Learning that the world does not revolve around them -- and that self-discipline keeps them from giving in to every whim without thought -- will do more to help them in life than a teacher who allows a student not to do homework or come to class.
My youngest loves it because she thinks she’s applying makeup to her skin when she washes her face and hands. My older kids think it’s some kind of new and improved soap. -- Violet N., Titusville, PennsylvaniaI had a large ceramic teapot that I loved. I bought it in Ireland, and the sight of it brought back some lovely memories. One day, I accidently dropped the lid, and it broke. But I just couldn’t bring myself to toss it out.
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