Showing that you care can make or break the climate in your classroom. When they are motivated, student-veterans can be an asset to you. They can easily take on leadership roles, facilitate class discussions and meet deadlines effectively, but it’s up to you to set the tone. Knowing the rules of engagement can help you […]
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My dad used to play piano and occasionally sing in a band at the Colorado Opry. He started when I was about a year old. My mom would bring me to the show every night. On most nights, I would wiggle my way down the stairs to the front row so that I could see
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A few years ago, it was my privilege to attend a four-day writing retreat led by author Pam Houston at the Medano-Zapata Ranch that borders the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southwest Colorado. Pam, currently an English professor at the University of California-Davis, gained recognition with her first book Cowboys Are my Weakness, and
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A few friends and I show up to a nondescript Russian store in Colorado Springs. It sits on the corner of a busy intersection surrounded by food chains and major corporations. Waiting in anticipation for the store to open, we organize our reading material and discuss our plan for the day. Between the three of
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I stop the car by the open field and Cody jumps from the backseat. The beat-up retractable leash gives him 18 feet of roaming freedom. Cody, ¾ Lab and ¼ terrier is ultra-submissive. I can’t take him to the off–leash dog park because other dogs sense his fear and almost get in line to hump
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I remember the day I started in on my career as an angry young man. In the summer of 1955 I was passing the hours between fishing and dinner on the veranda of Sunrise Camp, the rustic fishing resort outside Minocqua, Wisconsin, where my parents had met. We all went up there for a week