Our fearless presidential leader was back in the house!!! Ms. Stacie gonged the bell with the mallet at 12:06. Dr. Hartman lead one of his flocks of sheep to the Lord in Prayer once again. By the way, do you know why the angels told the shepherds about the birth of Jesus? If you think about it, the shepherds were the informing highway of it time because of the travels from one location to another.
Dr. David Spencer lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and more verses of Working on the Railroad than most could remember. I did look around to some the Texas A and M fans to see if they were singing to the tune of the UT fight song.
Carla Dowlen presented the birthday attendees with some swag. Colton Heinrich and Steve Priester both lapped the sun one more time.
Shirley Craft was back in the room and welcomed us with her warm smiles and gratitude of the sent prayers. We were informed that Glenn Tole was sentenced to “time out” and had another directive from covid.
A check was presented by Josh Phillips to Interfaith outreach services for $1,000.00 from our fund to provide services within the community and accepted by Chris Gossom.
Carol Murray passed the brag bucket and Mr. Jon Dearolf received a check from the club presented to the YMCA for the Bicycle program to provide bikes and helmets to the organization. Benay Ayers reminded us that her” Mahomies” and “Swifties” once again made history with back to back “Super Bowl” wins.
Josh Phillips introduced the program and Mr. Gonzalo Robles to speak about the “Café Con Leche” a training program that teaches the art of oral and communications skills. Mr. Robles is well qualified having served this country in many ways and has brought his skills to students in need of future entrepreneurs and wage earning opportunities in the adult world when the next generation is ready to make a difference. There were many statistics to back the information given and the most important one was a telltale sign that the program is working and making very many positive results among the students of the program. 5th grade and up top college students are making the greatest adjustment and producing great results. One thing that is prevalent, push the students to do better, make them reach out and accomplish something that they do not think is attainable; push the limit. A “C” in and advanced subject is better that an “A” in a regular subject. English seem to be the most important class. This must be known and understood to accomplish the other subjects. The average student spends 40 hours per week on social media; imagine if this time was spent learning and studying…..Todays teachers are overwhelmed with teaching and discipline of students, they must learn to hunt for more knowledge on their own time. I saw a presentation from a seminar while attending a Corps of Engineers meeting. “Did you Know” this is available on YouTube. If you are 1 in a million in China; there are 1,300 just like you. China will soon be the number one English speaking country in the world. 25% of India’s population in the highest IQ is greater than the entire population of the USA. Of the 2010 best paying jobs in the USA did not even exist in 2004. https://youtu.be/TwtS6Jy3ll8?si=bKDHDPYUkivkL1Lg
Very informative, scary and old information about 2008.
The meeting ended with the four way test and adjourned at 12:53.
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