As mass shootings have increased over the past several years, the media has been quick to jump on the mental illness bandwagon. Mental illness care has never been what it ought to be in this country, and, while I appreciate increased attention on the issue, mental illness can’t be blamed for every single mass shooter. It would be easy to say that each shooter is mentally...
Author Archives: Holly Baer
The second active shooter threat on a Mississippi college campus since the start of term left students both at the University of Mississippi and on other campuses rattled Monday. After professor Ethan Schmidt was killed in his office Monday morning at Delta State University, the Cleveland campus was locked down for hours, leaving many students in academic buildings waiting...
There’s a popular saying in education: “Everyone is an expert in teaching because everyone has been a student.” This is a true phenomenon. Many people think they know the right way to teach their child, the right way to teach themselves, the right way to write a test: “My child doesn’t learn that way. You have to…,” “I can’t do an oral test, give me…,”...
