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HEADLOCK EDUCATION IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, 1969

December 14, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Headlock education is a fond memory that follows, with names changed to protect the innocent, but since it was small town eighth grade how guilty can anyone be? I’ve learned that teachers have two jobs, teaching their subject and teaching life. Fight me.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: education, headlock, headlock education, learning, life long learner, life long learning, memory, teacher, teachers

DO YOU KNOW BETTER? PROBABLY NOT AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE

August 22, 2021 by David Gillaspie

What age marks the moment when you ‘ought to know better?’ How many times do we get fooled before we say we won’t get fooled again? The first time you got fooled: That was unexpected. The second time you got fooled: Didn’t we take care of that last time? The third time you got fooled: […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: academic excellence, academic ranking, academic standards, conspiracy theories, covid vaccine, covid-19, education, health, know better, medical treatment, oregon education, Phil valentine, school, teachers

BABY LOVE: HOW TO SURVIVE THE OUTCOME WITH A SONG

July 15, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Baby love isn’t about babies, it’s about the first time we feel something about another person. What was ‘that something?’ Baby love, because from a distance, a fourteen year old or fifteen year old is a baby. Big, but still a baby fifty years later. Maybe fifty-one. Was it a special teacher that kindled those […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: age, age difference, baby love, beauty, best friend, cheerleaders, dignity, feelings, first date, grace, high school, Love, loving, random blogger, teachers

GAINING SELF RELIANCE STARTS WITH GOOD TEACHERS

January 3, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Self reliance feels like the best goal to aim for, but how do you get there? We all start from the opposite end, as little babies depending on others to lead the way. Those common beginnings fade away in the self reliant types we look up to because they do everything so well. We forget […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: covid question, education, learning, reliance, science, self reliance, teachers

INHERITED TALENT AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

December 13, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Inherited talent comes with that one big question: what to do? This is part of the Nature vs Nurture debate. If you’re born with the ability to do something well, how can you do it better? And who recognizes inherited talent besides helicopter parents?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, inherited talent, millennial, millennials, millennials learn, nurture vs nature, talent, teachers

TEACHER ABUSE BAD FOR STUDENT BODY

May 24, 2018 by David Gillaspie

How does a seasoned school administrator lose their job by ignoring students? When they decide some student voices are more important than others. The old saying about a squeaky wheel getting the grease may apply here, but the school official was out of lube. Now they’re out of a job, or will be […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: aclu, aclu of oregon, lbgtq, North Bend, North Bend High School, sex abuse, teacher abuse, teachers, Tigard, tigard high school

GLOCK 17 DOUBLE STACK PROBLEM

February 25, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Why does the Glock 17 have so many bullets? Because it might take the first sixteen shots to hit a target. Some people are bad shots. Maybe you’re a bad shot. I know I am. I nearly failed Army bootcamp because of my shot pattern with an M16. I wanted to blame the […]

Filed Under: Boomer Up Tagged With: AR15, armed forces, arming teachers, draft dodger, firing range, glock, glock 17, gun debate, guns, M16, national rifle association, NRA, teachers, tour of duty, Vietnam War, Vietnam-era, weapons

SECRET VOTES: SCHOOL, SAFETY, HEALTH CARE

June 21, 2017 by David Gillaspie

During election years voters pick their horse, their favorite. No secret votes at the start. If they turn out they way they say they’ll turn out, good job in the ballot box. If they don’t they have a built in excuse: “I’m the lesser of two evils.” No one runs a campaign based on being […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: american state, congressional vote, education, election, fear, government, health care, health insurance, oregon education, personal health, police, police force, pre-approval, safety, senators, state government, teachers, vote

OREGON EDUCATION SHOWS OFF

April 11, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Rob Saxton: The Right Stuff In Oregon Education? If you want a 9-5 job, don’t be a teacher. Forget a quiet walk. Teachers run into students and former students all their lives. It’s inescapable. They’re marked. You’re thinking of a teacher right now. Teachers, aka Educators, are woven into societal fabric. Everybody knows that. They […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: blogger, education, educators, Oregon, oregon education, rob saxton, teachers

SUMMERTIME AND THE TEACHERS RECHARGE

July 25, 2014 by David Gillaspie

On the surface a teaching gig looks like a cakewalk. From the classroom, to the teachers’ lounge, the time off, it makes people jealous, as if they could do the job. Here’s a message to the good people who went to school in classrooms with teachers, but aren’t teachers themselves. (Before continuing, this blogger is […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, boomers, education, North Bend, North Bend Oregon, Oregon, teachers

HEADLOCK EDUCATION IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, 1969

DO YOU KNOW BETTER? PROBABLY NOT AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE

BABY LOVE: HOW TO SURVIVE THE OUTCOME WITH A SONG

GAINING SELF RELIANCE STARTS WITH GOOD TEACHERS

INHERITED TALENT AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

TEACHER ABUSE BAD FOR STUDENT BODY

GLOCK 17 DOUBLE STACK PROBLEM

SECRET VOTES: SCHOOL, SAFETY, HEALTH CARE

OREGON EDUCATION SHOWS OFF

SUMMERTIME AND THE TEACHERS RECHARGE

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