Category Archives: politics
A Tale of Two Schools
September 6, 2014 In September 2014 a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper in Oklahoma City highlighted both the high school I graduated from and the one I’ve taught at for 25 years. The context was an article about the number of … Continue reading
Generation Gaps
I was interested to read a new study from the Pew Research Center about U.S. generations and their political views. Here are the generational groupings the study used: Generation Birth Years Millenials 1981-1993 Generation X 1965-1980 Baby Boomer 1946-1964 Silent … Continue reading
Our National Anthems
We have trouble with national anthems. Before The Star Spangled Banner was declared the national anthem by Congress and Hoover in 1931, the country used Hail Columbia, which was composed in 1789 for George Washington’s inauguration. It is now used … Continue reading
Bartlesville: A Mixture of Stability and Change
I began teaching in Bartlesville 22 years ago, moving here at age 23 for my first teaching position, one I’ve yet to relinquish. In many ways Bartlesville has changed little over those decades, but in other ways changes are quite … Continue reading
The Gen X Timebomb
As a member of Generation X – Americans born between 1961 and 1981 – I’ve grown up with warnings that Medicare and Social Security won’t be there for us. Sadly those warnings appear to be all too true as I … Continue reading
Meador Manor 