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LESSON PLAN FOR TODAY: COMMON HISTORY

April 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment

First we review what makes up a lesson plan. Wiki says:   A lesson plan is a teacher’s detailed description of the course of instruction or “learning trajectory” for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject […]

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EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER?

March 21, 2026 by

That’s the question, is experience the best teacher. When you think of the teachers you’ve had, were they all a good experience? Mrs. Krause confiscated a switch blade knife from the new kid in third grade. It was memorable watching a middle-aged woman confronting a tough guy and making him follow the rules. How tough […]

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NATIONAL PRIDE FROM THE BACK ROW

January 29, 2026 by

The idea of national pride usually comes from where you were brought up, and who raised you. My sense of things comes from growing up in small town America, raised by parents who came from even smaller towns. The sophisticate in the family was Grandma, who grew up in Dallas, Texas, graduated high school as […]

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SIGNALING, MESSAGING, OR JUST WRITE

December 1, 2025 by

“Why don’t you just write?” Instead of ‘signaling,’ write it down. Written words are part of ‘messaging.’ Instead of making readers wonder what you’re trying to mean, just write and they’ll figure it out. But you must write to the standards that have come before you. For example:

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LEADER PREPARATION TRAINING PROGRAM 2025

November 17, 2025 by

This is my claim to leader preparation, not leader, but ready to lead. I lean on the Fort Ord Leadership Academy when I need to tighten things up. I’d like to thank the academy for the training? Thank you, but during the supposed twenty-one hours of training we were all so sleep-deprived we could barely […]

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FATHERS DAY AFTER CLASS IN SESSION

June 16, 2025 by

My Fathers Day go-to family picture: A thirty year old man with three sons and a wife who looks like Jackie Kennedy taken in 1960. The old man has an expression asking, ‘What have I gotten myself into.’ It’s a father’s look, the same look over the gates. It never gets old. That’s me in […]

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GROWN MEN WITH EMOTIONS IN CHECK

December 27, 2024 by

Grown men are expected to keep their emotions in check. They need to keep calm and carry on. Add grown women in there, too. We have expectations of emotional maturity. I know I do, but there are times. For example:

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HUMAN TRAINING IS DOG TRAINING

November 27, 2024 by

Human training is complicated. How complicated? Ask a teacher, an instructor, a professor. Ask a coach, a Drill Sergeant, a parent. Or just ask yourself, “Was I difficult to train?”

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START AGAIN THEN FINISH

September 20, 2024 by

Is that the plan? Start, finish, and start again? Or is it start, abandon, and forget about it. Either way, you need a goal to keep going. If you can explain why you do what you do to yourself, and it makes sense, keep going. But what about explaining your work to strangers?

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DAD DAYS TO GRANDDAD AND BEYOND

September 19, 2024 by

Dad days never end, and I’m glad. I didn’t sign up for the part time version. There wasn’t a switch to throw for the eighteenth birthday that said, ‘I’m done.’ I’ve been a dad since my first born, then doubled up with my second. Since then a few surprises joined up, just not those surprises.

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