Teachers appreciated
With so much going on in the world, I think it's important to take time to thank the adults in our lives who have worked hard to help us during this time. For me personally, I want to thank my teachers at Arkansas Virtual Academy, and my mom. My teachers helped me in my transition to online school so I could get a quality education like other students my age, and my mom supports me each day.
I know many students, parents, and teachers have had to make big life changes due to the changes in our world with covid-19. I know many of these transitions haven't been easy for any of us.
As a student with Down syndrome, I am thankful for my school staff who have always been there to help me with my education. I want to thank one teacher in particular: Mrs. Darla Mainer. Mrs. Mainer is a wonderful and caring teacher. She always brightens my day and pushes me to do my best in school. If I'm having a tough day, Mrs. Mainer always knows how to cheer me up and help with my schoolwork.
Thank you, Mrs. Mainer, and all the teachers out there for your hard work! I encourage everyone to give thanks to those who are making an impact on your life. Let them know they're appreciated.
PHILLIP HOLMES
Poplar Grove
What happens after?
After every statue has been pulled down; after every monument has been defaced; after every university, college, high school, city, town, street sign, river, hammock or hill that bears any semblance to the Confederacy or Old South has been renamed; after the playing of "Dixie" or any song by country artist Stonewall Jackson has been outlawed; after reference to the Civil War in American history books has been reduced to this single sentence: "Between the years from 1861 through 1865 an event happened of which we must not speak"; after our nation has been rendered sterile and benign; then will the despoilers, the zealots rejoice and be satisfied?
Not likely. Zealotry, once released, is hard to restrain, especially when leaders are too cowardly to even try.
JOHN McPHERSON
Searcy
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There is no need to change the name of the Washington Redskins. To solve the perceived problem, it is only necessary to change the team mascot from an Indian to a potato.
See, we now have the Washington Redskin Potatoes. What fun. Now the team fans would call themselves potato heads. The cheerleaders could be called the tater tots. Problem solved.
SCOTT STUBENRAUCH
Roland