PP Bill Cassell Gives Classification Talk
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With 17 Rotarians & two guests present Nick C introduced two of his grandsons, one of whom was destined to have a great meeting- see more below! Nick then insulted both of his grandsons by saying he left his favorite grandson at home!
Frank S made it to the meeting- which is a surprise as he was wearing his reading glasses when he left his home to drive to the meeting.
Since this is summer, we are now blessed to have Bill Cassell back with us. We can now have a great reason to make the summer meetings, as Bill always manages to be more entertaining and informative than some past speakers. Bill started out by holding a “knees and breeze” contest for those in shorts. Since both of Nick’s grandsons wore shorts on this 59-degree day, Bill awarded each with a trophy. How did Bill know what to do with the trophies he brought to the meeting? I suspect he came up with a solution at the meeting.
Lori read letters from a high school scholarship winner, and another from the Lexington Fire Department for a donation from the club that will be used to help firemen deal with issues from the opioid crises in Lexington that is facing every community in America!
While we usually do not have a speaker in summer, Bill C was the speaker. He explained how school today tries to teach students in a new way. No longer is the goal to accumulate facts, but to learn to adapt. The jobs of the future that children in school now need to be prepared for do not require only knowledge of facts but to be able to adapt. We don’t know today what future job requirements will be. Bill has his students post signs in the room such as “Get better, get smarter”, among other posters. He then handed out to each table at the meeting a book used in schools in this state on the history of Massachusetts that was just re-written by the publisher. It was rewritten because the students in Bills class some time ago discovered factual errors in the older edition they were using. Bill contacted the publisher, told him of the class project of looking through the book for errors, and looking up and documenting the correct information. He convinced the publisher to issue a new edition with all the corrections found by his 3rd grade students, in recognition of the project, information on the project by Bill and his students is now documented in the new edition. His students learned to question what is in books, ask questions, and look up the correct information. When the book was published, two years after the project was started, Bill gathered all the students- now in the fifth grade- and announced the results of their efforts. While the students and Bill were all thrilled, the real benefit is that Bill has taught his class a lesson they are likely to remember for the rest of their lives. Not many of us make such an impression on young people. Congratulations Bill!
There will be no meeting on August 31.
Members are expected to help the Burlington Rotary special Olympics on Saturday July 29 at 16 Center St, Burlington.
If you have not yet signed up for a shift, AM, Lunch, or PM, show up for one of the shifts.
One of PP Nick C’s grandsons won $50.00 in the 50/50 raffle. I’ll be we have future Rotarians from that family!
By PP Don S.