Column   1:  07/25/99  What level of value does society give the teachers

Column   2:  08/01/99  Islands, in the stream of life

Column   3:  08/08/99  No quitters here, just some kids on the track to success

Column   4:  08/22/99  The world is the best classroom

Column   5:  08/29/99  As we start another new school year...

Column   6:  09/05/99  Foniks wrkd 4 me - R U reddy 4 mor?

Column   7:  09/12/99  Do we have a deal or what?

Column   8:  09/19/99  An uncomfortably familiar fable

Column   9:  09/26/99  Strange forces compel my fingers to point - er- type 

Column 10:  10/03/99  We're all on the right side, right?

Column 11:  10/10/99  Answers, at long last

Column 12:  10/24/99  Hmm, well, Captain, you just may be right

Column 13:  10/31/99  Really, officer, she made me order that drink!

Column 14:  11/07/99  Ah, the stuff of which dreams are made 

Column 15:  11/21/99  The smaller the class, the better the performance - simple!

Column 16:  11/28/99  A product of the public school system

Column 17:  12/05/99  And the beat goes on, and the beat...

Column 18:  12/12/99  Reading, writing, and … raising the bar?

Column 19:  12/19/99  Okay, let's have Christmas!

Column 20:  12/26/99  Reflections

Column 21:  01/01/00  No whining here, just the facts on high failure rates

Column 22:  01/09/00  Peace on Earth after the Christmas season

Column 23:  01/16/00  Let's grow up instead of growing out

Column 24:  01/23/00  The problem with a kitten is that it grows up to be a cat

Column 25:  01/30/00  You can't read a book by it's cover

Column 26:  02/06/00  Parents, educators, taxpayers need more time to review

Governor Barnes education reform package

Column 27:  02/13/00  Heads should start rolling from the top first

Column 28:  02/20/00  Just a side effect of those beanbag chairs?

Column 29:  02/27/00  Speak loudly next election time

Column 30:  03/05/00  It's all elementary, my dear

Column 31:  03/12/00  If words could make wishes come true

Column 32:  03/19/00  Measuring ourselves

Column 33:  03/26/00  Teachers need your support and suggestions

Column 34:  04/02/00  Miss steaks we kin knot sea

Column 35:  04/09/00  Georgia now proclaimed as the cat litter state

Column 36:  04/16/00  The seventh inning stretch

Column 37:  04/23/00  Muddy Waters

Column 38:  04/30/00  Taking chances

Column 39:  05/07/00  Yep, the census is just going to be an estimate

Column 40:  05/14/00  Touch the past to see the future

Column 41:  05/21/00  A couple more wake-ups, Gov, is what we need 

Column 42:  06/04/00  The summer of Able, Can, and Do

Column 43:  06/11/00  The nuts don't fall far from the trees

Column 44:  06/18/00  My Dad sent me on a course of discovery

Column 45:  06/25/00  Teachers are experts in their fields

Column 46:  07/09/00  Time to do a little rain dance

Column 47:  07/16/00  Hey, peace.  Really.

Column 48:  07/23/00  Do you Ha'v'ana suggestions?

Column 49:  08/06/00  Education's "open market pricing opportunities"

Column 50:  08/13/00  Aruba: start saving your vacation dollars

Column 51:  08/20/00  Quantity does not mean quality - you know this

Column 52:  08/27/00  Hey, tip misers, no one waits tables for the fun of it

Column 53:  09/03/00  A window of opportunity for us all

Column 54:  09/17/00  In search of someone to blame

Column 55:  09/24/00  Among the biggest sharks in the sea

Column 56:  10/01/00  GAE and PAGE

Column 57:  10/08/00  Politics as ususal

Column 58:  10/22/00  It's still okay to have different  opinions, isn't it?

Column 59:  10/29/00  Thoughts on "superficial excellence"

Column 60:  11/19/00  Teachers are just part of the team

Column 61:  11/26/00  SAT tests: you get your score and that's it, no recounts

Column 62:  12/03/00  Stay at home and do your homework

Column 63:  12/10/00  Don't worry, be happy - that you're living in the USA

Column 64:  12/17/00  http://measuringup2000.highereducation.org/

Column 65:  12/24/00  Time to sell this idea to our legislators

Column 66:  12/31/00  Happy new century!

Column 67:  01/14/01  Take a load off, Annie… and Michele and David...

Column 68:  01/21/01  Just one of the advantages of living here

Column 69:  01/28/01  When life was oh so much simpler

Column 70:  02/11/01  The cost of a poor education

Column 71:  02/18/01  Intolerance breeds intolerance

Column 72:  02/25/01  A crisp salute to veterans everywhere

Column 73:  03/04/01  Getting there is part of the fun

Column 74:  03/18/01  Real reform isn't the dazzle at the end of the line

Column 75:  03/25/01  Sunday's weather

Column 76:  04/01/01  Way too much champagne

Column 77:  04/08/01  It's a sellers market for sure

Column 78:  04/15/01  In the home stretch?

Column 79:  04/22/01  28 days, 27 days, 26 days…

Column 80:  04/29/01  Teachers are a strange bunch

Column 81:  05/06/01  Bring them on.  (Hee hee.)

Column 82:  05/13/01  A stage of great change

Column 83:  05/20/01  Courteous to all, but intimate with few

Column 84:  05/27/01  Just a few thoughts for your consideration

Column 85:  06/03/01  Thanks anyway, guys

Column 86:  06/10/01  A "pinko commie?"

Column 87:  06/24/01  Solving the teacher shortage problem

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These columns were originally published in the Carroll Star News, Carrollton, Georgia.  All work is copyright © by the author, Thomas R.A. Miller.  While many of the columns deal with education, particularly in Georgia, many other different subjects are addressed.  Click on the links below to view the columns.  Use the back button on your browser to return to this page.  This page was created September 26th, 2000.  The author is a practicing certified teacher with a B.S. degree in Business  Administration and a Masters of Education in mathematics.  Correspondence may be directed to

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