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Charles posted on August 25, 2010 21:08
Breaking News: Michigan's legislature, currently divided over the pronunciation of GLCE's (long 'e' or silent 'e'), promises to have a state-mandated pronunciation by next school year.
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Charles posted on June 07, 2010 12:06
There are more channels on TV…but at times it seems like there is less to watch. I’ve complained that bathtubs have less room than they used to, but most people just laugh at me, and that hurts my feelings…
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Charles posted on May 28, 2010 13:45
A nice quiet end to this week, a week in which I had to visit with each faculty member and have 'that talk' about more structure, not less at the end of the school year, a peaceful Friday afternoon until...I hear screaming from the Boys' Restroom down the hall. Isn't there an old Ray Stevens song about "The Day the Squirrel Came to Church"? Well, today the chipmunk came to school...
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on May 19, 2010 22:40
'Sometimes you have to leap before you look.'
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Charles posted on May 07, 2010 10:49
"Teacher, why did you purchase that hammer at Ace Hardware instead of Western Auto?"
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Charles posted on April 30, 2010 02:27
Earth Day art work outside our 1st Grade room.
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Charles posted on March 24, 2010 19:59
Spelling counts. There are a couple of misspellings on the sign in the picture - a new sign that recently went up at our mall. Look to where the arrow is pointing. I'm sure they meant to say "banned" but they said "baned."
And "baned" is a word...
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Charles posted on March 18, 2010 09:54
You are a teacher, parent, grandparent, etc. (select all that apply) and I am a teacher, parent, grandparent. And, unless you are very different from me, nobody has sent you a check yet for loving and teaching your kids.
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Charles posted on March 11, 2010 21:34
An article by 7th grader, Mary Brown (Christ Lutheran School) that appeared in the February/March issue of Michigan In Touch, a publication of The Michigan District - LCMS.
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Charles posted on March 05, 2010 09:50
I wrote today's entry in March of 2006, leading up to that year's NLSW celebration, sent it out to a number of friends and got some positive responses but never published it. I may have put it out on the Listserve, but I really can't remember. Perhaps it will remind you of some of the special teachers who blessed your years in Lutheran schools. Now you, too, are one of those blessings. God bless your Lutheran Schools Week.
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Charles posted on February 26, 2010 08:07
There is a solitary hearse outside my office window this morning and a fairly empty parking lot. As usual, the Kindergarten teacher is concerned about what time the funeral will begin, when it will end, and...will this disrupt Kindergarten pick-up at 11:25 a.m.?
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Charles posted on February 26, 2010 08:03
The focus is always forward – toward preparing for what is out in front of the athlete. Things an athlete has overcome in the past must remain in the past - a serious injury, a horrific fall, previous losses, even the loss of her mother for one of the skaters. Eyes must be forward and on the goal, the prize.
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Charles posted on February 21, 2010 14:01
Fortunately for me, and for you, too, we don’t have to be smarter than a fifth grader or smarter than the devil. Our salvation isn’t based on how much we know but rather on whom we know – Jesus.
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Charles posted on February 09, 2010 20:03
Seems like everyone is getting lots of snow. A photo of the Lake Michigan off Silver Beach in St. Joseph, MI. The sign caught my eye...and that white stuff is Lake Michigan.
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Charles posted on February 02, 2010 09:01
The message below is something I sent out today to our Board of Christian Education, keeping them in touch not just with Interactive Board technology, the Computer Lab, the Art program, how our Basketball Teams did this past weekend, our MEAP scores, etc., but also how our students have been involved in the mission of God's Church to God's children around the world.
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Charles posted on February 01, 2010 20:40
"Good afternoon, Mr. Strohacker, I know you like interesting stories so..."
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Charles posted on January 21, 2010 20:05
All this healthful discussion took place while consuming an assortment of breakfast sandwiches, burritos, lots of Senior Coffees and, of course, Arnie's morning standard - a hot fudge sundae.
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on January 20, 2010 20:17
This coming Sunday is Life Sunday, and our 4th grade teacher/Band Director, Tom Farrand, is active in Lutherans For Life. He provides lots of leadership in our church and school, will lead this Sunday's Bible Class, and led us in a terrific Chapel worship today. Tom used enlarged baby pictures of our Faculty and Staff to create a guessing game and engage our students in today's lesson about the Sanctity of Human Life and God's great love for us in Jesus.
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Charles posted on December 17, 2009 20:36
No, I didn’t break any windows or put out anyone’s eye. But when I looked at the barrel of the bat, a wooden bat because aluminum had not yet been discovered when I was a kid, there was a deep gouge right above the label. My new bat…
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Charles posted on December 13, 2009 20:25
How different from our trip through Babies R’ Us a couple months ago or the two baby showers I’ve been to this fall.
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Charles posted on December 04, 2009 13:00
Ah, so often that's how it is with the fallen man. "I hope nobody saw me." As if that somehow changes the fact that we have fallen...again.
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on December 03, 2009 21:00
Three 5th grade boys eager to haul more branches. In one glimpse I got of them, all three seemed to be in the air at the same time, no feet touching the ground! Reminded me of that song we did in a kid’s musical years ago – that one with the refrain, “Walking and leaping and praising God! Walking and leaping and praising God….!”
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on November 16, 2009 09:22
What classified Snooky as a “pleaser” is the fact that after learning all the various commands and tricks, only one command was ever necessary: “Sit.”
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Charles posted on October 27, 2009 20:51
Photo I took of a 'temporary' church sign near Hobart, IN about a year ago. How would you feel if...?
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Charles posted on October 13, 2009 21:34
"Do you ever have a feeling inside yourself when you just know, 'I'm going to get into trouble today'?" I can't recall a kid ever telling me, "No." Invariably, they seem to be able to identify "that" feeling when they know before school ever starts, that 'this is going to be a bad day.' That's a great first step.
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Charles posted on September 17, 2009 14:27 
Even when you’re older, I guess you need to know that someone is still around to ‘watch over you.’ Maybe that’s why occasionally now I picture myself in the middle of that scene with Jesus.
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Charles posted on May 11, 2009 21:46
And you're saying to yourself, "Why? Why would she do such a thing? A seventh grade boy, sure...but a fifth grade girl???"
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Charles posted on April 28, 2009 08:46
About half way through closing devotion one afternoon, and after the umpteenth time of pronouncing Juan as "Joo On" and Jose with a hard J sound and only one syllable (sort of like 'hose' but with a J), the kids began to look confused and finally asked, "What in the world is he reading?" Pesco showed the devotion to a classmate who broke out laughing and provided the correct pronunciation: "Whan" and "Ho-Za" (long 'o' and long 'a'). We all had a good laugh, including Pesco.
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Charles posted on April 01, 2009 20:50 
Rhonda used to belong to a Lutheran church, but several years ago she and the family transferred membership to The Evangelical Free Church By The Babbling Brook That Meanders Through The Quiet Meadow, a small church with a large sign out front.
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on March 13, 2009 10:24
Our Music Director asked me this morning to check the 'political correctness' of the contents of a music book titled: "Music In The Middle School" by Grace N. Nash....1973. Oh my, I should have known this would be trouble.
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Charles posted on March 09, 2009 13:17
What a wonderful LSW Chapel service we had last Friday - five Lutheran schools from SW Michigan getting together in one place to worship God and celebrate the gift of Lutheran Schools.
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Charles posted on February 24, 2009 09:58
“What is the biggest bailout in history?”
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Charles posted on February 17, 2009 19:22
Now, this "research project" does not tell you the difference between 3rd and 4th graders; it only tells you the difference between this year's third grade and fourth grade classes. But you knew that...
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Charles posted on January 19, 2009 14:54 
"Yes, you can eat your pudding before you eat your green b..."
"BUT Mrs. Ulmer says we have to eat our vegetables BEFORE we can eat our dessert."
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Charles posted on January 14, 2009 14:06
Then she brought me over to meet Bradley - tiny, perfect and all in blue. And while I sat in amazement looking at the new child, Hayden went off to gather more people: her teacher, my secretary, other moms dropping their kids off for Preschool, the Preschool Aide... Everyone had to gather in the hallway and meet Bradley - we had an impromptu birthday party! It was a wonder!!
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Charles posted on January 07, 2009 21:39
However, Diane has a Christmas village set up in the living room during the holidays...
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on January 04, 2009 17:57
Lots of nice inquiries and responses from folks concerned about my wellbeing, both physical and mental, ever since my fall. Thanks. Apparently 95% of people know someone who has fallen off a roof or ladder or have personal experience, so I've heard lots of stories. One such e-mail follows; this guy is a few years older than me and a former Lutheran principal:
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on December 19, 2008 02:23
Something else that has remained with me for 56 Christmases are words…
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Charles posted on December 05, 2008 09:38
How differently God approaches Christmas. In His wisdom (and mercy!), He does not ask us what we want for Christmas...
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Charles posted on November 12, 2008 09:49
Our country is currently engaged in two wars. Even when these wars end, however, it will only be a temporary suspension of hostilities, the best we can do in our sinfulness.
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Charles posted on November 10, 2008 19:03 
An end of the first quarter ‘I want a transfer’ phone call is different than an end of the third quarter ‘I want a transfer’ phone call… but you know that already.
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Charles posted on October 22, 2008 21:08
"You'd better hope I don't get to heaven ahead of you!"
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Charles posted on October 14, 2008 13:48
We had gone down that road of, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." So I decided that the next step should logically be: "You can't say anything at all to each other...or else."
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Charles posted on October 10, 2008 09:10 
The thing I remember most about Norm was that he was an incredible Christian gentleman. No, let me state that differently. Norm was an incredible Christian gentle man (two words). Now, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a ‘man’s man’ or a manly man...
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Charles posted on September 24, 2008 14:57
One Sunday night our team was bowling against Wif's, and Diane had a very good first game. The second game started out even better, but as she leaned over to pick up her ball from the ball return to start the third frame, Wif, who was sitting next to me at the scorer's table, asked me, "Does she always do that with her right hand when she releases the ball?" You know, of course, that he said it just loud enough for Diane to hear him.
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on September 15, 2008 13:31
Sometimes I think that Luther may have belonged to a Lutheran church.
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Charles posted on September 11, 2008 00:01
It's interesting some of the things we remember from long ago. I recall one afternoon in class at RF, a methods class before we went out student teaching, and I think it was Dr. Zimmer who told us that if he had his way, his preference would be to place the best teachers in his school in the lower elementary classes. The better the teacher, the lower in the grades he would place them. I was puzzled at first by what he said, but his explanation made sense and always stuck with me. I've often thought that Dr. Zimmer would have approved of my placement teaching 8th graders.
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Charles posted on September 09, 2008 09:41
A Chapel idea based on Matthew 18:1-4
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Charles posted on August 22, 2008 21:36
It could be that it isn't even your place to say anything. Occasionally you see something...that you wish you had not seen. Ever known more than you wanted to know?
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Posted in: Faith, Personal
Charles posted on August 21, 2008 20:44
Do you have people in your congregation who drive you a little bit crazy with the things they say? Of course you do. God is merciful - He didn't put them all in my congregation!
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Charles posted on August 17, 2008 12:59
“That crazy man must be a Lutheran Pastor.”
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Charles posted on July 23, 2008 11:40
"How did you know to do that Lois? Did your school have a Crisis Plan?"
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on June 12, 2008 14:22 
"And so we are not a lighthearted Mediterranean people. We're Lutherans, even the Catholics are. And though one doesn't like to generalize about Lutherans, one thing is most certainly true of every last one of them..."
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Charles posted on June 05, 2008 15:44
"Anyway, the...thing that Gary has done 'this time.' It sounds pretty serious, and I was wondering if you could tell me... Well, why didn't I just suspend him from school immediately instead of taking Outdoor Ed away from him next week?"
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Charles posted on June 02, 2008 20:52
Charles posted on November 08, 2007 11:14
A Sunday off was somewhat rare for Dad. He appreciated his opportunity to worship on Sunday because it came only a few times during each seven week cycle (no midweek evening services back then). I’m ashamed to say this, but my dad may have appreciated Sunday more than I do. Have you ever had that feeling when going to church sometimes feels like...going to work?
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Charles posted on June 05, 2007 20:53
Death came much closer this year, and he came early...on Labor Day. Early, also, because he came to an 8th grader. I prefer the way Lindsey's mom put it, "the angels carried Lindsey away to be with Jesus." But it was still "away" - and there lies the sting. God didn't create us to be "away" - to be separated, but through our own sinfulness we have separated ourselves from God. Thanks be to God that He did not allow that separation to remain but sent His Son, Jesus, to reconcile us, to bring us who were far away back to Himself.
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Charles posted on December 12, 2006 10:53
Have you ever wished your name wasn't ____________?
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Charles posted on April 12, 2006 16:53
Charles posted on March 15, 2006 21:49
"Now Teacher, this is the older section of the cemetery, you can tell by all the raised stones and monuments. In the newer section, we only allow flat headstones because the man we hire to mow charges more for mowing around raised stones. Oh, and over here is the section for mixed marriages."
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Posted in: Personal, Humor
Charles posted on February 15, 2006 20:59
"What is the difference between house and home ?" All three answers below came from children in our younger grades and in the order that I printed them. God bless the children.
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