Well, after a couple hours of thought and twenty-seven years being a high school music teacher, I thought I would write about HOW HILARY WILL IMPROVE SCHOOLS.  Yes, that’s right.  This man who will NOT vote for Hilary is going to write about HOW HILARY WILL IMPROVE SCHOOLS.  ANY PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES HE OR SHE WILL IMPROVE SCHOOLS should not […]

Once-in-a-lifetime … We hear that phrase and there are still those “once-in-a-lifetime” moments.  Well, here is one that many of us directly share and indirectly share.  The death of an aunt.  On June 23, 2016 the most special Aunt in our country died:  Anne M. Flynn.  Yes, you have the most special aunt, also.  So,

Once upon a time, in a land not too far away, there once was a high school music teacher named Mr. Edwards.  Now, Mr. Edwards was unlike any other or let’s say unlike most high school music teachers.  He realized long ago that Johnny-student was more important than the Key of B-Flat.  Mr. Edwards truly

Since 1989, I have been teaching high school music.  High school.  Teenagers (I call them “Young adults” but I get admonished (which stresses me out), “they’re children, Mr. Everts”) and their midlife crisis parents.  Twenty-seven consecutive years.  Wanna talk about stress?  Teenagers?  Midlife crisis parents?  Yes… that is stressful and just think … high school

Since 1989, I have taught high school music.  No breaks.  No sabbatical.  Well, there were those two times when lies and evil took me out of the classroom.  I continue to work on forgiving those who did not believe me and chose to believe others who did not like me or really — did not

Parenting is an easy job?  A simple job?  Having had experience being a father since 1994, not once but doubled that responsibility in 1996, I can tell you it is one of the most challenging and BEST jobs in the world.  I bring to your attention to a recent article that actually has me concerned

Well, it happened again.  May have been the 617th time this calendar year.  I don’t know.  I am just being a smart-ass, but certainly this “happening” wasn’t the first time.  I don’t understand how smart people can be so lazy or possibly stupid.  However, I am going to give leaders the benefit of the doubt

Again, the purpose / focus of my blog is:  EDUCATION & FAMILY.  Being a fifty-year-old Caucasian man; happily married to Diana (since March 30, 1991); Christian; personally conservative (do my best to work with folks who are liberal; DO NOT BELIEVE / SUPPORT THEOCRACY OR RELIGIOUS DOGMA RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT); a musician; high school music teacher

I love T.D. Jakes and I cannot give a higher recommendation for T.D. Jakes.  If you haven’t been truly blessed to listen to him, please go to youtube and listen to him.  I am going to use his “CHANGE HAS COME” sermon to help me share this blog with you.  I am going to spend

As a high school music teacher, I have experienced numerous in-services in regards to what I believe our “societal issues.”  Racism. Drugs. Sex. Genderism. Bullying.  And following every in-service that deals with “societal issues” I raise the question:  WHY?  Why did I sit through this in-service?  How did it make me a better teacher and even possibly,