Teachers spice lessons with real-life experience
Students often ask teachers why they should learn a particular lesson and whether they ever would need that knowledge in the real world.
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Very fine line exists between trash versus treasure
You pride yourself on being a person who is not terribly attached to earthly possessions, and then you have to part with something and...
Letter: Voters decide who works in Congress
To the editor:
I am increasingly concerned regarding the present moral and cultural character of our country. In many quarters, this nation...
Letter: Franklin resident not pleased with school system
To the editor:
In December 2014, a seventh-grade student performed a popular song choice ("Mr. Brightside" by The Killers) in the choir...
Norman Knight for March 18
The morning started out innocently enough. We were drinking coffee, reading newspapers and doing puzzles when my wife realized her kitchen chair was missing...
Mentors have impact on youngsters’ lives
Daily Journal
Dozens of young people throughout Johnson County have seen the value of mentorship, but the need for those mentors is...
Review smoking rules to include e-cigarettes
The Daily Journal
Proposed regulations for the liquids used in electronic cigarettes have advanced in the General Assembly, but significantly, “vaping” would...
It’s time for winter to depart and welcome spring
I have to admit I am slowly losing my patience. Typically, retired school teachers have a lot of that after having endured decades of...
Time to say goodbye to Mexico, hello to Florida
Margaret McGovern wrote this column before the couple embarked on the journey home this week.
The time has come for us to...
Student filmmakers hit mark at festival
What other medium allows 200+ people to sit in a darkened room and have a dream simultaneously streamed into their collective consciousness? Film, as...