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“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.-” Martin Luther King, Jr. There is perhaps not a more profound quote to summarize Martin Luther King, Jr. than one consisting of his own words.
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Many hundreds of years ago when I was a child, my mother sewed most of my clothes. She also made clothes for my sisters, and on rare occasions for my father. I think most housewives (yes, that’s what they were called, and it wasn’t derogatory then, unlike now) probably could sew. She also made costumes for my elementary school Christmas plays and spring pageants. Does anyone else remember crepe-paper dresses? I had several. She must have gotten a really good deal on this one bit of material once, because she made matching shirts for all of us. We probably looked ridiculous. Anyway, I always wondered why I never wanted to sew, or when I did try, I wasn’t any good. Guess it just didn’t interest me.
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While my wife Jocelyn and I were dating, I was asked by my elderly neighbor to watch a baby goat all night, because its mother couldn’t nurse due to mastitis. I thought “How hard could it be?” I agreed to do my neighbor this favor.
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Remember in the TV show “Star Trek” how Dr. McCoy could simply scan someone with a hand held device and get a diagnosis? We’re not there yet, but a new brain scanning technique is giving researchers more clues into Alzheimer’s disease.It’s now possible to predict with some degree of accuracy where in the brain areas will decrease due to Alzheimer’s disease, simply by identifying where tangles of tau protein have gathered.
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The trajectory of public education has changed immensely in the 14 years I have been teaching. When I began my teaching career, I was excited to have the privilege of teaching children and impacting lives. I had a set vision of what I wanted to accomplish and took my role as an educator seriously. Little did I know, I entered a system with conflicting agendas that would try my resolve to educate children. More than a decade later, I left public schools, but not public education. I have taken on a new role that includes imparting knowledge of the school system and helping parents advocate for their children in public schools.My most important message to parents is “Know for yourself.” I was a student during the time when parents trusted schools to educate their children. If a teacher or administrator said something, it was respected by parents. As far as I can remember, students were taught and learned although I know some slipped through the cracks somewhere.
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As we head into 2020, a lot of us will make resolutions that we may or may not keep. No matter your goals for the coming year, the Alzheimer’s Association®
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I was thinking back a few weeks ago, and I thought in our small animals patients, what’s the most common problem I see? I went around and asked the technicians
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