Month: April 2024
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School Daze: My Rambling Route Through Our Public Education System
One evening a week or so ago, Shonnie, Gracelyn and I watched “Dead Poets Society” together. At the film’s conclusion, I began to ponder the course of my formal education—from the first grade through college. My initial foray in the public school system began at East Ward Elementary in Mount Pleasant, Texas, in 1949, and…