Tag: St. Ambrose Academy
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Kids are shooting each other on a ‘day of peace and unity’
Why are progressives afraid of teaching values? The indentured servants at Blaska Stately Manor did not observe Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the day the Emancipation Proclamation actually kicked in for most slaves. If any of you platinum subscribers did, you’re better people than we are. (An admittedly low bar.) But neither did our…
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Let the kids play!
The smart phones can wait! Mother pointed out the seldom-used front door of our farmhouse east of Sun Prairie WI toward a small white building on the horizon — the one-room Oak Lawn School. Her oldest child would walk there the next morning, unaccompanied, to learn how to read greatly aided by listening to the…
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Good schools mold character
‘Discipline’ is the Latin word for ‘success’ Spot quiz: What word will not be spoken by any of Madison’s candidates for school board? Time’s up! Groucho Marx’s secret word is “discipline.” Discipline is defined as “training to act in accordance with rules; activity, exercise or a regimen that develops or improves a skill.” Discipline is…