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What public figure do you disagree with the most?
Fore warning on this posting. If you love or are a big Joe Biden fan then you may want to skip to the next blog post. As a Gen X 57 year old man that believes in Faith, Family, Freedom and Friends as the core four of my moral code.…
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What does freedom mean to you?
This writing prompt is something has been on my mind a lot lately with all the demonstrations and protesting going on in America. The last few weeks we have seen people taking others rights away, blocking traffic, blocking other students from going to school or class. Stopping traffic by laying…
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Teacher Talk Blog: Flaws in American Public Education
Teacher-Talk.blog: Flaws in American Public Education BY CoachB #SCHOOLS, COACHING, EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHING, UNCATEGORIZED Flaws in American Public Education 1- School Safety- Schools are becoming a common place for fighting and gun violence. Used to be the bigger city, schools were faced with issues of gang, gun and drug violence. …
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Teacher Talk Blog: 10 Things Schools Have Stopped Doing
BY CoachB #SCHOOLS, EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHING, UNCATEGORIZED As a career teacher and coach I have seen the landscape of pubic education change over the years. Mostly driven by technology and the use of it in the classrooms. Phones, computers and smart boards have changed how kids learn today. It…
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Teacher-Talk.Blog: 8 Life Skills Kids Need to Learn Growing Up
Teacher Talk Blog: 8 Life Skills Kids Need to Learn Growing Up BY CoachB #SCHOOLS, COACHING, EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHING, UNCATEGORIZED 8 Life Skills Kids Need to Learn Growing Up Playing some form of organized sports is like a right of passage for many of us. I grew up in a…
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My Mom: The Roster
My mom passed away in April of 2017 and man I miss her so much. She was born on 3/8/38 and lived an awesome life. Mom was a small lady, short but tough. She grew up on a farm in the country dirt poor and had an unbelievable work ethic…
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Football, Faith, Family and Friends
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What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?
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What topics do you like to discuss?
https://sylphine.shop/colorful-3d-bear-fireworks-night-light-usb-atmosphere-projector-for-bedroom-and-living-decor I like to discuss many topics. I write two blogs and one is about spiritual matters such as dreams, visions, Angels, God, faith and the afterlife. My other blog, this one is more about Americana and the values we used to hold as a nation. I write about growing…
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Have you ever been camping?
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Generational Differences Between X, Y and Z.
I see videos all the time on tiktok and other apps about the differences in the generations. Currently we have four different generations living, working, mingling and managing life daily. All of these have some huge differences that are often misunderstood by the others due to the age gap and…
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Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.
I was having a really bad time and rough day many years ago. I was driving down the mountain and saw this long haired guy hitch hiking. I drove past him and thought “maybe I should have offered him a ride”. A few miles down the mountain I saw him…
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First Thing That Came To My Mind
I thought man I would love to go home and take a nice nap for a few hours to recharge for the balance of the week.
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Americana- CR and Rhinehart (Old Men So Wise)
When I was in college in the Banner Elk, NC up in the mountains there was a small store in that little one stoplight town. Everyday the local college students would flood that small community store getting drinks, snacks, food and other items to take back to the dorms on…
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What I Want My Kids to Have- Wish of a Hard Working Gen X’er
Today I was thinking about how grateful I was for all the blessings in my life. Blessings like my wife, grown children, career, health and financial wellness. These things were taught to me growing up by my mom and dad. They were middle of the road Americans that worked hard,…
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Americana: What Olympic Sports do you enjoy watching the most, response
I love to watch both the summer and winter Olympics. It is part of Americana and the tradition of great competition and athletes that come from America. My most favorite to watch is wrestling and track/field. I am a wrestling coach and former wrestler so the sport entangles me and…
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How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?
As a teacher, coach, husband, father and community volunteer. I have to say “no” at times, but my problem is that I tend to accept more and more responsibility because I want to serve and do the right thing. As I have gotten older and closer to retirement and after…
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Generation X Tough As Nails
I am a proud member of Generation X. Many refer to it as the greatest of all but I am not prepared to say that at this point. I think the Baby Boomers was a tremendous generation that built America through hard work and good morals. As a Gen X…
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Americana- Whatever Happened To Good Values and American Pride
I have been thinking about this topic for several weeks now as I watch various videos on social media accounts and the obvious destruction of good morals, family values and American pride in our society. I see video after video of people attacking others, beating them up for no reason…
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Americana: Jacks Country Store
Growing up we had a small store up the road a ways where we could go and get a soda, some crackers, peanuts, candy and other snacks after school. Jack was an old man that had a little store next to his house. It was a small block building and…
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Americana- Letters From Home
Today my wife and I were cleaning out some old boxes at out house that we plan to sell soon. As I was looking through these boxes for like the fifth time to see what we really need to keep or get rid of. I ran across a series of…
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Americana- Pocket Knife, Mans Best Friend
Rarely do I leave my house without a pocket knife. I have a large collection of them that have accumulated through the years from collecting and buying them. My daughters buy them for me on my birthday and at Christmas time. I see them in stores and shops and snag…
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Americana- Fishing Local Creeks With My Brothers
Growing up my brothers and I fished in small creeks around our house. We never found that huge fish much bigger than a small mouth bass but seen lots of them swimming in the creeks. We would gather our poles and tackle box and ride our bikes down to the…
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Americana- Saturday Night at the Skate Rink
There are not many things that have remined the same since I grew up back in the 1970’s and early 80’s. Most of the classic Americana things I remember have slowly went away as the world had evolved and technology has changed. Sunday afternoon I attended my great nieces birthday…
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Americana- Dirt Road Diary
Growing up I spent most of my life living on an old dirt road. The road I grew up on did not get paved until I was in my later teens and I do not know how many times I ran up and down that road to see my friends…
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Americana- Faith, Family, Football and Friends
Three of my favorite things in the world are football, family and faith. If I was to sort them properly it would really be Faith, Family, Friends and Football. All four of these things have been part of my life since I was a small child playing ball in the…
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Americana- Sundays At Grandma Smiths House
When I was a kid growing up we would all go to church on Sunday and then head straight over to my Grandma Smiths house and spend all afternoon eating lunch, playing outside, watching football and fellowshipping with family and friends. When I say family and friends, I mean the…
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Americana- My First Pickup Truck (A Hot Wheel Life Lesson)
My First Pickup Truck- A Hot wheel Story When I was fifteen years old I saw a truck down the road from my parents house and since I was approaching 16 and getting my drivers license I told my parents I wanted that truck. Every time we passed by it…