Category Archives: Retiremint

On making retirement cool, palatable, and fruitful

Inaugural Firsts: 1st POTUS known to have his Inauguration illustrated in a newspaper?

Posted on January 2, 2017 by bakrawiec

Know for sure? If not, please take a guess. Click each POTUS’ name to see if you’re right. Get an idea why each name does/not correctly answer the question. Good luck! Enjoy! Please pray for a safe Inauguration for our … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Firsts: 1st POTUS whose Inaugural Address was printed in a newspaper “extra”?

Posted on January 2, 2017 by bakrawiec

Know for sure? If not, please take a guess. Click each POTUS’ name to see if you’re right. Get an idea why each name does/not correctly answer the question. Good luck! Enjoy! Please pray for a safe Inauguration for our … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Firsts: 1st POTUS whose Inauguration was newscast via “talking newsreel”?

Posted on January 2, 2017 by bakrawiec

Know for sure? If not, please take a guess. Click each POTUS’ name to see if you’re right. Get an idea why each name does/not correctly answer the question. Good luck! Enjoy! Please pray for a safe Inauguration for our … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Firsts: 1st POTUS whose Inauguration was “newscast” by telegraph?

Posted on January 2, 2017 by bakrawiec

Know for sure? If not, please take a guess. Click each POTUS’ name to see if you’re right. Get an idea why each name does/not correctly answer the question. Good luck! Enjoy! Please pray for a safe Inauguration for our … Continue reading →

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Open response (5) to Mr. Khizr Khan

Posted on August 1, 2016 by bakrawiec

Within the framework of everything I have previously shared in responses 2-4, I turn now to my reactions to whether Mr. Trump has made sacrifices for our country. Based on what I have seen, I have no doubt or hesitation … Continue reading →

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Open response (6) to Mr. Khizr Khan

Posted on August 1, 2016 by bakrawiec

Although I am not a lawyer, I do have a B.A. and an M.A. in social studies/sciences, with a concentration in US History, and I have taught about the US Constitution to high school students. One of my graduate research … Continue reading →

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Open response (7) to Mr. Khizr Khan

Posted on August 1, 2016 by bakrawiec

I am grateful to Mr. Khan for asking the question that has become a wonderful reconciliation point for me. A year into retirement, his question has struck an important nerve in me. Has the sacrificial everyday work I have done … Continue reading →

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All is/not well: What I believe and want to hear this election

Posted on July 27, 2016 by bakrawiec

As a woman of faith, there is integrated into my thinking through Sacred Scripture, Church teaching, and tradition–including lyrics of sacred music and the writings of Saints–an abiding sense that with God in control of my life, no matter what, … Continue reading →

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The thinking behind Mr. Trump’s “meandering,” “rambling” style

Posted on July 26, 2016 by bakrawiec

As a twenty-eight year veteran teacher (PreK through undergraduate and adult school levels), I needed to understand, to recognize, and to address different thinking and speaking–learning–styles, including my own. Now, as a teacher in retirement, I can apply those same … Continue reading →

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typo-finding

Posted on September 20, 2015 by bakrawiec

Nineteen days into retirement, and I’m noticing that some skills required in my past careers don’t quit with retirement, which is a good thing! Skills like zeroing in on typos. That skill will be economically beneficial if/when I seek to … Continue reading →

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