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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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InterBel Annual Meeting
This year’s annual meeting for InerBel fell in April (as ever), but that may not be the case next year, due to changes in the bilaws. It made for an interesting meeting- not just because the reports were interesting, but because members voted on proposed bylaw changes. Why was this interesting? In short, because members Read more
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Is Demography Really Destiny?
I’m looking at folks showing Russian, Ukrainian, and Chinese population pyramids, and ominously stating “Demography is Destiny.” Of course I’ve been looking at Paul Ehrlich’s book The Population Bomb all of my student and professional life, and know what the population pyramid showed him in 1968 – and his interpretation sure as hell didn’t pan Read more
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Trego Excerpts from the Small School Survey
Looking at where your school ranks in comparison with others is important. Montana’s Small School Alliance conducted a survey of small schools, and we’ve excerpted where Trego ranks in certain specific categories. Here they are, with some explanations for abbreviations. Many of us speak fluent English, but are not fluent in bureaucrat. Taxable Value per Read more
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We Think We’re Normal
We tend to believe we grew up in normal circumstances. We’re not always right, but our home lives usually seem normal to us. As we grow older, we learn that our view of normalcy doesn’t match our friends and colleagues view. To me, it is normal to share my backyard with a grizzly or two Read more
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Edward Stahl at Pipe Creek
Edward Stahl shared a bit about his early days with the Forest Service. This segment starts with his elevation to the Supervisor’s office in Libby. I hadn’t realized that Stahl was a seasonal – I never met a Forest Service seasonal who wound up with a mountain named for him. It looks like he was Read more
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Talking Privilege
I was looking at American Digest and there was an article about Home Depot with its training material on privilege. I think the first time I heard about privilege, it was another white guy telling me about my white privilege. Not his white privilege, but mine. He was an Ivy graduate. I’m a cow college Read more
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