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John Eggers

    John Eggers: How can you help all kids graduate?
    It isn’t just the responsibility of high school teachers and principals to help students graduate, it’s your responsibility, too. You might ask, “Why me?” From an economic point of view, if every high school student graduated there would be fewer people in jail, fewer people...
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    February 22, 2015
    John Eggers: How cold is it?
    There are two ways to get through a Minnesota winter. The first is to move away for five or so months. The second is just ignore it or laugh it off. So here are some "It's so cold" jokes I begged, borrowed, stole and created just for you. If you tell one a day for 40 days, it will...
    columnsFebruary 22, 2015 - 12:37am
    February 15, 2015
    John Eggers: Who is the best former president?
    One of the things we do right in the United States is that we set aside one day a year to honor our presidents. We call it Presidents' Day. Originally, the day was set aside to honor George Washington and in 1870 it became a national holiday. It the late 1960s, Congress passed...
    columnsFebruary 15, 2015 - 12:44am
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    February 8, 2015
    John Eggers: What makes the world go 'round?
    With Valentine's Day approaching, I hate to put a damper on your thoughts but I don't think that love alone makes the world go 'round? If you are reading this column, in all likelihood, you make the world go 'round because people who read newspapers, people who want to be informed...
    columnsFebruary 8, 2015 - 12:53am
    February 1, 2015
    John Eggers: Here’s 27 worthless Super Bowl facts
    Yes, the Super Bowl is over-hyped. We spend way too much time and money on it but it has become as American as apple pie. I hate to bother you with more news about the Super Bowl but, hey, it’s Super Bowl Sunday. What else could I possibly write about? So here are 27 absolutely...
    columnsFebruary 1, 2015 - 12:54am
    January 25, 2015
    JOHN EGGERS: Can ESP help us learn?
    I have been a believer in ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) for a long time and this is why my students do well in my classes. I literally will them to do better. Before you label me a bigger nut than what you may think I already am, read on. I don't think there is a mother living...
    columnsJanuary 25, 2015 - 12:20am
    January 18, 2015
    John Eggers: Stood on a frozen lake lately?
    One thing we take for granted in the frozen north are frozen lakes. What percent of the people in the world do you think have never stood on an ice-covered lake? Eighty percent, 90 percent, I'm sure the percentage is high. How about you? I began to appreciate the wonder and beauty...
    columnsJanuary 18, 2015 - 12:39am
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    January 11, 2015
    John Eggers: Should we invest in education?
    This may sound like a boring topic because no one likes to talk about spending more money for education. We’re probably all worn out. Pretty soon we will have an array of presidential candidates running for office. All of them will talk about education. Some will say we should...
    columnsJanuary 11, 2015 - 12:17am
    January 4, 2015
    John Eggers: How to have a happy new year
    As 2015 is now upon us, here are some tips on how to be happier this New Year. You may already be as happy as you want to be. You are happy about your family life and happy for your family. You are happy at work and at play. You like yourself and don’t have any vices that you...
    columnsJanuary 4, 2015 - 12:06am
    December 28, 2014
    John Eggers: Teddy, the Christmas cat
    No one can say for sure when he first arrived in town. Everyone thought the cat belonged to old Theodore Sorenson, whom everyone called Teddy so everyone also began calling the stray cat, Teddy. Teddy the cat only made his appearance during those weeks before Christmas and no one...
    columnsDecember 28, 2014 - 12:49am
    December 21, 2014
    John Eggers: The Christmas coincidence
    "Come on! Let's get the show on the road," Jason shouted to his family. It was beginning to snow harder and they had a three-hour ride to Jason's parent's home for Christmas Eve. After an hour of driving through heavy, snow-covered roads, and at the insistence of Jason's wife,...
    columnsDecember 21, 2014 - 12:23am
    December 14, 2014
    John Eggers: The Christmas Cookie Lady
    They called her the Christmas Cookie Lady. Every year for 15 years she gave a dozen frosted sugar cookies to each household in the small town of Dovestar, N.D. At the time that Emma Anderson delivered cookies, the town had a population of about 300 citizens or about 60 households. The...
    columnsDecember 14, 2014 - 12:36am
    December 7, 2014
    John Eggers: The little house in the woods – A Christmas story
    Her name was Cate Cosgrove and she lived in a little wooden house in the woods. No one seems to know how she got there. But there it was in the middle of the woods, kind of like a house in a fairy tale. Cate had passed away long before I was born in 1943. By the time Kathy and I...
    columnsDecember 7, 2014 - 12:00am
    November 30, 2014
    John Eggers: What is it worth?
    As you gathered for your Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma’s place, you may have noticed some old things in her china cabinet or cupboard. You may have eaten your dinner on a square oak table with fancy turned legs. You asked your grandmother, “Granny, is that old cookie jar worth...
    columnsNovember 30, 2014 - 12:48am
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