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Speak Up For Democracy
"Affirm the truth. Scratch the lie." -Edward Bernays (1940)
Edward Bernays wrote an important essay in 1940 at the onset of WWII entitled, "Speak Up F…
3 years, 4 months ago
Public Education for Democracy
"It is part of our democratic American heritage to abhor censorship." -Edward Bernays (1938)
Edward Bernays wrote an important essay in 1938 entitled,…
3 years, 4 months ago
Science As Religion
In today's show, I'm reading from a vintage book in my collection written by American educator and musician John Erskine in 1915 entitled, "The Moral…
3 years, 4 months ago
Hold This Light
This show is about the deeper value of growing up in an era when I was required (and motivated) to "hold the light" for my father while he was workin…
3 years, 4 months ago
Dog Hydration
I had a research zealot moment and was reflecting on how much reading I did years ago on endurance sports hydration. I was digging around a bit again…
3 years, 4 months ago
Maximal Moments
I've been doing a very deep research dive on the history of social psychology and public relations in order to understand how so many people in the l…
3 years, 4 months ago
Rolling in Dirt
We were watching a nature clip on TV last week when the wild male animal started rolling around in the dirt and throwing the dirt all over the place.…
3 years, 4 months ago
Try or Cry
Some positive volleyball PE updates as I share my students learning "through the physical" as emphasized by ancient Greece. I also offer a few behavi…
3 years, 4 months ago
Volleyball Basics
I made a valiant effort to teach two basic volleyball skills to my elementary PE students this week. Here's what they learned and what I learned.
*Pho…
3 years, 4 months ago
Second Buck
One of my 3rd grade country girls in PE came up to me last week and excitedly shared, "Coach Jones-I shot a deer." I'm like...well okay then! We had …
3 years, 5 months ago