Opinion – Judy Harris: Poets are everywhere; are you among them?
“You can’t force poetry. The words must be born when they are born. They’re all born together like strings of…
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Opinion – Judy Harris: A sobering reality, learning sad lessons of racial prejudice but friendship can prevail
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility.” Khalil Gibran February’s Black History Month began in 1970. Since its institution, I find…
Opinion – Judy Harris: What is given to the sport, and how character is revealed
“Sports do not develop character; they reveal it.” John Wooden 2018 What a winter. As I made a stop at…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A one-in-11-million meeting — and an amazing coincidence
“Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.” Albert Einstein Summer 1985 I was in Japan on a fellowship for…
Opinion – Judy Harris: The essence of a champion — team culture
“To be a champion requires more than being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Cursive writing in second grade — when it was important skill to learn
“Seeing my father’s handwriting puts me in contact with the man he was at each stage of his life.” –…
Opinion – Judy Harris: So many questions at start of New Year; strive to find Peace in the answers
“And now we welcome a new year; full of things that have never been.” R.M. Rilke The dawn of the…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Sharing the Parable of the Birds, a favorite Christmas story — and wishing you Merry Christmas
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.” — Louisa May Alcott in Little Women…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Nothing like ‘A Christmas Carol’ and good friends to get you into the spirit
“God bless us every one.” Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol” Gloria and I were having lunch in the late…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Advent Season is underway — a time filled with goodness and family traditions
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and…
Opinion – Judy Harris: An unforgettable Thanksgiving weekend when my students and I visited Thomas More’s cell
“I am the king’s loyal servant but God’s first.” Thomas More In the mid-‘90’s, Thomas More College President, the Reverend…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Thanksgiving and thanks-giving — and a memory of Kroger saving the day
“For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Visual, auditory, tactile/kinethetic; each of us learns differently
“The complexity of our brain is so great that we are not simple and neither, therefore, is the task of…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to those who served, protected on Veterans Day
“It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.” — Zell Miller World War II…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Democracy renewed — voting is a right, a privilege and a responsibility
“Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.” –John Dewey The What and How of…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Learning of connections in Poland and of popularity of ‘Cat’s basketball
“Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” — Leonardo da Vinci In the early 2000’s I…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Sunflowers are beautiful to behold — and teach us to turn to the light
“Sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.” Richard Rohr In the summer of…
Opinion – Judy Harris: The essence of a champion — it’s all in how people are treated
“To be a champion requires more than being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Teachers are always alert to effective ways to connect to students — here’s an idea
“Joy to the World” Traditional Christmas Carol by Isaac Watts, 1719 Curriculum is the “what and how” of education. There…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Listening to the heart wrenching confession of a student-athlete
“Be brave enough to ask for help, it is a true sign of wisdom.” Confucius As a professor in the…
Opinion – Judy Harris: As Autumn presents its amazing self, does it inspire you to poetry?
“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” Emily Bronte Autumn loves Kentucky and we Kentuckians love…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Kentucky Amendment 2 is on the ballot regarding public funds for private education
“IT IS PROPOSED THAT A NEW SECTION BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY TO READ AS FOLLOWS: The General…