Author: Paul Spears
-
Getting Schooled
There is a growing crisis today with our public school system. Dropout rates are growing at an alarming rate. Academic standards are falling rapidly. Everyone from the Bush Administration to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are interested in reforming our problematic public high schools. While it is agreed upon by everyone that the rising…
-
Driven To Distraction
I hate cell phones (I have one) and iPods (I don’t have one). They are true indicators of our fallen world. Modern society seems to be constructed in a way that encourages/enables humans to keep a frenetic schedule at all times. In today’s fast moving world it is nearly impossible to pause long enough for…
-
The Life of Leisure
Occasionally, I am a little self-conscious of the fact that I have what some would call academic “guilty pleasures.” I like to read for pleasure works by and about Winston Churchill. I also enjoy books on 18th and 19th century British naval history. There have been times that I feel I should apologize to people…