Give2Attain

Raising social involvement, self awareness and self improvement topics, because our communities are the sum of our personal beliefs, behaviors, action or inaction. Only "we" can improve our family, work place, school, city, country, etc.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Public Educators Behaving Poorly

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I was going to call this "High Stakes Testing Challenges", however that may imply to some that "the Testing/NCLB/AYP made the...
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Happy Easter !!!

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He is Risen...  He is Risen Indeed... Now for some fun: Easter Bunny's Rude Awakening Global Warming and Easter Brown Eggs Trojan ...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

San Antonio, Posts and North Korea

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Sorry for the delay in posting again.  This time the family and I took a quick spring break vacation in lovely San Antonio TX.  While there ...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

US Senate and House Pass Budgets

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Well at least 2 of the 3 players have placed their cards on the table.  And apparently Obama is scheduled to submit a budget in early April....
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Deep Portage Field Trip

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Sorry for my absence, I was camped out in Northern MN with my sixth grader.  I was acting as a parent chaperone during their Deep Portage f...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Does Deficit Matter?

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Thoughts? FOX News Obama Tries to Blow Past Deficit NBC Job Creation Not Deficit Reduction
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Saturday, March 9, 2013

MN Education Stuff

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Apparently a lot is happening in St Paul, I received 3 "get involved" emails from 3 different groups.  So as always, I will share ...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

North Korea: Preemptive Strike

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Though I know it isn't right, I often have an urge to kick those silly yippee dogs that continue to bark in order to "prove" t...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

MN Special Education Tsunami?

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The Star Tribune had an interesting article on Sunday.  It explained one of the root causes as to why the Public School system is so expensi...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

MN Gay Marriage Bill

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Well I am going snowmobiling for a couple of days, however I thought I would leave you with this interesting topic. It looks like the DFL ...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Budget Cuts Too Shallow

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I like this guys opinions. CNN Cuts Not Deep Enough
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Monday, February 25, 2013

MN: Buy a Drink on Sunday

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Now, we have discussed the separation of Church and State in many important areas.  I mean we have covered the pro-life/pro-choice issue, th...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

MN & RAS Education Updates

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The politicians in St Paul appear to be busy working hard to do something about the K-12 education in Minnesota...  For better or worse...  ...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Supporting Families in Need (ALS, Cancer, Syndromes, Other)

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A note from my sister who helped organize a volunteer group, and then published a book to help others do the same.  I am very proud of her a...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

It Was Your Idea, Now Fix it

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And the argument goes on and on and on...  I must say that Obama seems to be pretty aggressive in his attempted bullying.  Though I like Boe...
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John
I am married and we have 3 adult daughters. We live in Plymouth MN. My interests are learning, communicating, home improvement projects, motorcycling, boating, and other outside activities. Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day !!!
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