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Why Bother Cleaning Out the Garage?
By Terese Luikens | | Humor
Why Bother Cleaning Out the Garage? Garages were originally designed for car owners to store their car. They replaced carriage houses which once stored the family’s horse drawn carriage. Garages come in all sizes, from two stalled to four stalled, and even more and can be attached or detached from the house. Most new houses…
Read More Why Bother Altering Attitudes?
By Terese Luikens | | Kids, Teaching
Why Bother Altering Attitudes? Attitudes are a person’s overall evaluation or opinion about someone or something and I am always surprised by how strong a point of view some of my fourth graders already possess about something. Before teaching a new unit, I always ask what they already know about the topic. Recently, I began…
Read More Why Bother Giving Your Name a Good Reputation?
By Terese Luikens | | Family, Humor
Why Bother Giving Your Name a Good Reputation? Recently, a young married couple I know had their first baby. Labor and delivery went well, but naming the baby was a little more difficult. Since they are both public school teachers, they did not want any “bad” history attached to the name they chose. …
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Why Bother Gathering Around the Table?
By Terese Luikens | | Communication, Relationships
Why Bother Gathering Around the Table? Unlike any other meal of the day, my family, all nine of us, gathered around the old oak claw foot table in the dining room for dinner. It was expected that we do so. This nightly event only had only one moment of silence: when Mom or Dad led…
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