by Shannon Anderson | Nov 14, 2012 | My View
You may have noticed my absence in the past two weeks. I have been in an agitated state since the week of the 2012 election, partly because of the whole election frenzy but also because that same week my husband was finally offered a job. In the past four years he has...
by Shannon Anderson | Oct 25, 2012 | My View
This morning I was reading a wonderful blog called Press Pause written by my old friend and first college roommate Deana Graham. Here’s the...
by Shannon Anderson | Oct 18, 2012 | My View
For a number of years in this country a debate about education has raged and still rages. The government periodically steps in to change the way teachers teach or change the standards students must meet or invent new tests to measure student learning. But it seems...
by Shannon Anderson | Oct 10, 2012 | My View
Often my mother calls me with news that someone I knew when I was growing up has died. The same thing happened about a month ago and filled me with an ineffable sadness. She told me a man who had worked for years for our family and for the family business, Holmes...
by Shannon Anderson | Oct 3, 2012 | My View
My friend Barb Laedtke is such an interesting and generous friend. I’ve known her for 13 or 14 years now, but the longer I know her the more interesting I think she is. I am struck by her hospitality and her ability to have a conversation with anyone making whomever...
by Shannon Anderson | Sep 13, 2012 | My View, Uncategorized
Last Thursday I got a call to teach a class at the technical college where my friend Barb works. I was thrilled to accept the position, but I only had a week to prepare for a class I had never taught before. Brainstorming, scrambling, and praying for guidance and...
