Jun 1, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Many of we children of the 1950’s & 60’s started out to school writing with a fat pencil. I guess it was supposed to fit unskilled, chubby hands better. It’s how we learned our ABC’s, how to write and to show we knew how to read and write would...
May 25, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The late Corean Lewis, my high school English teacher, was the classic teacher in my concept of education. She had a thorough knowledge of English and literature and was able to convey her knowledge so that teenagers could understand. And she was a...
May 4, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Today nearly every state has laws enacted by their legislatures on what teachers can and cannot teach. This is nothing new. A much covered trial (and heretofore taught in school history classes) took place in 1925 on the same cultural matter. Tennessee...
Apr 6, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener In light of last Friday’s April Fool’s Day it is time to pass along some Tom Foolery witticisms from the Curt Comments archives. •When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. •A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months. •The professor...
Mar 23, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I have never been a fan of Daylight Saving Time. I wrote in the distant past in opposition to the semi annual “springing forward and falling back” of DST calling it akin to an STD. For Hoosier history students, it was Gov. Mitch Daniels (now president...
Mar 9, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener It has been a few weeks since I last wrote and an explanation is in order. Earlier in February we had some ice and sleet and snow. I took the usually reliable 20-year old Tracker out the lane to see the roadway’s shape and if the highway was passable....
