Today is Friday, July 28th, 2006; Karen's Korner #855

"One of these days they are going to remove so much of the 'hooey' and the thousands of things the schools have become clogged up with, and we will find that we can educate our broods for about one-tenth of the price and learn 'em something that they might accidentally use after they escape."
-- Will Rogers
 
(For those who do not know who Will Rogers was, he was a cowboy philosopher and humorist of the 1920s and 1930s, popular for his timely, shrewd comments on current events. Even today's educators may agree with Will's comments.)
 
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"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom!"
 
~~  Proust
 
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And since this is the seventh anniversary of our daughter Merry's death, here is one of her forwarded emails to us several days before she was killed:
 
When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried
about her seven year old daughter who would be walking three blocks home
from school.

         Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along,
stopping to smile every time the lightening flashed.

 Seeing her mother, the little girl ran to her, explaining happily.
"All the way home, God's been taking my picture!"
 
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