For the last three of weeks, I’ve been talking about a recent visit to a 5th Grade classroom, and the posters I noticed that the teacher had used to decorate her class. One poster was titled: “The Questions You Should Be Answering.” And the questions were these: What are you doing? What are you supposed…
For the last couple of weeks on A Classic State of Mind, I’ve been talking about my recent visit to a 5th Grade classroom, and the posters I noticed that the teacher had used to decorated her classroom. One poster that seemed to take precedence over all the others was the poster titled: “The Questions…
Last week, on A Classic State of Mind, I talked about my recent visit to a 5th Grade classroom, and the posters I noticed that the teacher had used to decorated her classroom. All of the posters around the room centered around the idea of excellence in writing, and the tools needed for telling a…
I’d almost forgotten what it was like, really. It’s been so long since I was in Miss Graham’s 5th Grade class at Marshall School in Granite City, Illinois, where I grew up. I remember some things pretty clearly. I started playing trumpet the year I was in the 5th Grade, and Mr. Meyers would come…
Hi. I’m Ken Jones, and this is A Classic State of Mind, with A Word About … Humility How are you known? If friends, family members, acquaintances were to describe you, what kind of words would they use? How are you known? Or, perhaps an even more telling question, “How would you like to be…
I noticed something the other day on a sign — one of those road signs that workers put up when they’re working on the highway or a road. One of those big, orange signs. You’ve seen them, I’m sure. And, over the course of my life as a licensed driver, I must have seen a…
I’m Ken Jones, and this is A Classic State of Mind, with A Word About … Puppies I’ve noticed something about myself, lately. I don’t like what I’ve noticed, but I’m not sure there’s much I can do about it. I’m a lot more like our new puppy than I would like to be. Oh,…
As I prepare these weekly thoughts here at Classic State of Mind, I often pray for people I will never ever know or see who might be listening to my voice. It’s a very humbling thing to know someone might be listening who is desperate for an encouraging word or a truth that will never…
Hi. I’m Ken Jones, and This is A Classic State of Mind, with a word about: The Hill No one told me, when I was younger, that over the course of my life as a parent, I would receive a lot of different kinds of calls from my kids. I remember with great clarity, for…
I think one of the most commonly asked questions in the English language is a question most of us don’t really ask because we’re curious about the answer. In fact, I think it would be safe to say that a huge percentage of the time, we already know the answer we’re going to get before…