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Buzz Barron Email
03/15/12

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Sara and I are working with the Wings of Freedom Tour....presently at Dallas Love Field, Frontiers of Flight Museum.  We're showing our B17, B24, and P51...and rides are available...come see us.  Will be in the Houston area soon...check the schedule.

 

http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm

charlotte anders s 
03/15/12

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Thank you for my birthday wises.  As Lynell's card said: Why get upset about something that happened such a long time ago?   haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Ginger Hearn Email
03/14/12

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I didn't know Greg Melaun, only Janet and Fred. I didn't know Fred had passed.
   There had to be other music majors, out of our group. There were so many of us at Harrell Budd, that took piano. Boys and Girls. Tommy McGown was one but I don't think he was the only one. He graduated from Rice and not in Music.(also Adamson)
Those were different times and a 'well rounded education' that included music lessons was  a part of our education. Fred Melaun was a drum major at SOC, I remember.
    There's a nice slide show of Greg Melaun on the Restland Memorial site. I recognized one picture with Janet in it..

Sharon Reeves Email
03/14/12

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I glanced at the obits a few minutes ago and saw that Janet Melaun's brother, Gregory Paul, passed away May 11.  Funeral is at Restland tomorrow.

Thinking of Janet, it really hit me how many music majors there were in our class.  Must have been something in the water!  Besides Charlotte, Gaylan, Ginger, Mary, and Janet, I wonder how many others.  Must be some guys in there too.

John Southworth 
03/14/12

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Birthday Greetings to the Queen of Nelsonville! (Named after Ricky Nelson?). Go pick some bluebonnets and have some cake!

Ginger Hearn Email
03/14/12

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Today is Albert Einstein's BD..too. How did you do that, Charlotte..?

Ginger Hearn Email
03/14/12

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It's okay to be 67.. I've been 67 for 4 1/2 months..

      Happy BD..Charlotte......!  

          (onward to 68...!)  

Sharon Reeves Email
03/14/12

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Happy, happy birthday to Charlotte and many, many more.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
03/14/12

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Happy Birthday, Charlotte Anders S



Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/13/12

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John, I enjoyed viewing your and Dru's friends video. I appreciated Bill's comment about sub-developments. They waste a huge amount of building materials. I have always resented how most new developments clear off every tree and leave the land bare. I remember years ago Austin had a lady who did a TV show called "Trash to Treasure". She did amazing things using materials that had been discorded. I thought the video that followed on the scarcity of drinking water was informative. We forget that our resources are finite.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
03/13/12

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Loved the video, JS.  It amazes me to see what some people waste.  I guess that makes me an old fuddy-duddy, but I wear the title with pride.  Dru's friend is an American genius who has figured it out.

Bill Akins 
03/13/12

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Great video, John, and he's right. Tour any new subdivision that has new home construction and you can see tons of waste. Perfectly good material with just some slight blemish that dooms it to the dumpster.

John Southworth 
03/13/12

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Over the years my wife has developed connections with many local artists. One of these is Dan Phillips who creates his magic in nearby Huntsville. His focus for the past decade has been to create affordable homes for low-income folks like other artists, single moms and so on. He does this by using discarded material for 70 to 80% of the construction and by using low-cost and sometimes volunteer labor.
 
He is quirky and innovative and entertaining and his philosophy on utilizing items headed for the dump is pretty thought provoking. Here is a link to a 17 minute "TED" presentation he made in 2010. It is well worth viewing when you get the time.
 
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff.html?source=facebook#.T15VN_trE14.facebook

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/12/12

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No, I didn't. It is just that they had missed a lot of experiences that other children have due to having to live in extreme poverty. I always noticed the difference between athletes from Carter and Kimball compared to Madison. Carter and Kimball are middle class high schools. Their athletes had much better diets and looked so much healthier. Thus, they were more likely to be chosen for professional sports teams. Also, they were more ambitious and their parents encouraged them to excel. Lynell, I got on a teacher who was a classmate of ours because she called her Anglo students "trailor trash". I remember telling her that the students weren't responsible for where their parents lived. She finally dropped the derogative remarks.
Bill, you have to excuse that remark I have had a terrible day. I was sorry I posted that comment immediately after I posted it.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
03/12/12

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Kathleen, did you expect the poor black children from South Dallas to be dumb?

Bill Akins 
03/12/12

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Having lived in west Texas for a number of years, Kathleen, I can assure you that there are a number of "Leftist Dippers" as well.

Ginger Hearn Email
03/12/12

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I'm not going there... Gibbs'll come after you , Kathleen. 

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/12/12

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Lynell, You mean I was teaching future Tea Party members. I never though of that before.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
03/12/12

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The scary part is that the snuff-dipping kids are probably voting now.

Ginger Hearn Email
03/12/12

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Asian and Jewish students..

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/12/12

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Sharon, you would be surprised how many students don't have books or newspapers in their homes. I taught at a rural Anglo school once where the students lived in trailers and dipped snuff for entertainment. I thought because I was getting to teach Anglo children I would be getting a smart group. Was I surprised because those were the most ignorant students I ever taught. Black children in poorest South Dallas were more alert as to what is going on in the world. The best students I taught overall were Asian students who come from backgrounds that value education.

Sharon Reeves Email
03/12/12

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My older sister (7 years) and brother (5 years) taught me to read when I was five.  So when I started the first grade, I was bored to death.  But that only lasted a couple of months.  Thank goodness for great teachers.  My sister retired 15 years ago from DISD after 30 years.  My brother, even though he hasn't been in the classroom in 30 years, is still with Garland ISD after 45 years.  We are all still voracious readers.  I can't imagine not having a newspaper to read every day, too, but I know that time is coming. 

Phyllis Laura Isaacs Email
03/12/12

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There is much to be said for no TV encouraging children to learn to read, Lynell.  We got our 1st TV when I was 11, the last family on the block.  By then, our neighbors were moving up to color, while we were just getting B&W.  We did listen to the radio, and READ, like maniacs.  We had the Book of Knowledge and the Junior Classics, plus the newspaper and the public library.  Many of our childhood snapshots show everyone just sitting around reading.  Of course, being "TV starved" as kids resulted in our now all keeping the TV on constantly, at least as background noise.

Ginger Hearn Email
03/12/12

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My parents were avid readers. My father was a Dallas Fireman and when at home, he was always reading. They were members of a Book Club and books were always coming. We had library cards and went on a regular basis. My GM worked PT for Scott, Foresman and was always giving us books.
    My mother read the whole Hiawatha poem to me, when I was about 4. I would definitely say that parents reading to children and around children... was very important.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
03/12/12

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Good points, Kathleen.  Your grandchild has a good family.  I don't remember learning to read.  It's more like I always knew how.  Maybe having no TV or other electronics around, and being an only child, I had to do something to entertain myself.

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/12/12

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Lynell, There are many ways parents can help their children learn to read. My three year old granddaughter is amazingly smart. Her mother has continually worked with her. My granddaughter has always had books around her since she was born. Her other grandmother has spoken to her in Spanish since she was a baby . She loves to sing and dance. I guess I am trying to say environment and having books around can make a big difference. Since her great, grand mother is deaf, we always have the closed captions on the TV. This seems to help them learn to read faster. So a lot of research shows that one of the most important ways is to have a lot of books in the home and for the parents to read out loud to them. Much of this research is discussed at the Stephen Krashen website,

Lynell Garrett Smith 
03/12/12

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I'm not an educator, but it seems like it might help if parents read children's books to them and pointed at words. That's probably asking too much of a lot of parents.  I ran across a couple of witnesses in depositions who couldn't read despite their college degrees. 

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/11/12

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Ginger, I didn't leave phonics out, I just mentioned that some people use the Whole Language Method together with phonics.

Ginger Hearn Email
03/11/12

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I taught with sight words too, as well as 'whole language'. We were quite strong on 'whole language' in teaching kindergarten, but we also had a strong phonics program. We concentrated on a letter a week and incorporated that letter into all subjects. You don't leave phonics out...Kathleen. I don't agree with you.. We had several sources in our curriculum for phonics, including the Peabody Phonics System which has probably been updated since I used it. This system went through consonants and consonant blends and vowels.

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
03/11/12

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Ginger, There are many ways to teach reading. When I was in first grade I was taught to read by memorizing sight words on flash cards. What little phonics I learned came from my mother helping me with my homework. Many reading specialists recommend a balanced approach, including the whole language method and phonics rather than phonics alone.
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