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Why Bother With A Classroom Christmas Party?
By Terese Luikens | Dec 19, 2020 | Relationships
Why Bother With A Classroom Christmas Party? Every elementary public school teacher I know feels the same way as I do. Our time with our students, one hundred thirty-three days, is short, but our task is great; to bring all of them up to grade level in reading, writing, and arithmetic. When a new…
Read More → Why Bother Sharing or Not?
By Terese Luikens | Dec 17, 2020 | Family
Why Bother Sharing or Not? Growing up with three brothers and three sisters I was forced into sharing. It was an unspoken rule that everyone in our family understood and lived by. No one had their own bedroom. The girls had one bedroom shared among them and so did the boys. My clothes were never…
Read More → Why Bother To Acclimate To Your Community?
By Terese Luikens | Dec 15, 2020 | Relationships
Why Bother to Acclimate to Your Community? There was a time when my husband and I lived off the grid. We built our house on five wooded acres and from any point on our property, we saw nothing but trees. We hauled our water in five gallon containers, filling them at our friends’ house, lit…
Read More → Why Bother To Fight City Hall?
By Terese Luikens | Dec 13, 2020 | Relationships
Why Bother to Fight City Hall? I like to win, yet, being a girl, I had few opportunities to nurture my competitive spirit. In elementary school, girls were not encouraged to compete, but finally, in junior high, I sank my teeth into my first real contest; winning The Presidential Physical Fitness Award. I was all…
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