Archive for April, 2008

A Day in the Life of a Meijer employee

April 24, 2008

Last Saturday was a reunion day at work. Meijer’s old store director came back to the Dunlap store not to visit, but for official business: he has been certified by the company as an expert on customer service and came here to make sure that we greeted customers correctly. While I am confident that the [...]

Summary of the April 21 School Board Meeting

April 21, 2008

9:06 – The Meeting is now complete.
9:05 – Upcoming meetings:
May 5 – 5:00 – Education Center
May 19 – 5:00 – Education Center
June 2 – 5:00 – Education Center
9:04 – The Board has approved the motion.
9:02 – “We have got to make sure that our students are reading at the level they need to be reading.” [...]

Indiana 3rd District US Representative Mark Souder Speaks to US Government Students

April 7, 2008

Last Friday US Representative Mark Souder spoke to students in Matt Furfaro’s (US Government teacher) first hour Honors Government students. During the period he spoke to students about a variety of topics.
Preface: Souder noted that the issues that he was going to discuss were very complex; there are no easy answers.
“If you want easy answers, [...]

‘The O’Reilly Factor’ Lacking Objectivity

April 3, 2008

Hearing “It’s time to enter to No-Spin Zone” signals the beginning of political commentator Bill O’Reilly’s hit show The O’Reilly Factor. Unfortunately, viewers do not enter this mystical zone. While O’Reilly will masquerade as a fair, unbiased host, the reality is completely false.
Because Tuesday was apparently a slow news day for Fox News, that evening’s [...]