Following the marking of Sept. 11 and with the passing of Pearl Harbor Day, my thoughts turn to heroes.  What is a hero? Can anyone become a hero?  
  

It seems that our current community planners place greater value on commerce than on community and human connection.    Where are the places that we, as families and community members, can gather to celebrate together; to honor our heritage both as westerners and as the diverse group of people that we are?

How many times a day do you hear insults and slurs thrown around which are slang for part of a woman’s anatomy?

If you really think about it, you could point to the exact moment in time in which everything changed. It was the moment in which your ideas about virtually everything shifted. Adolescence is a disaster that is common among everyone.
For girls especially, adolescence could ostensibly be seen as ruining their lives. In her book, Reviving Ophelia, Dr. Mary Pipher describes this point in life as the moment that girls stop living for themselves and start living for other people.

After the end of my educational experience here at Yavapai College, which has been positive, I plan to transfer to a four-year institution and wrap up my journey to become a teacher.
At this point, I plan to enter into the arena of public schools and teach at the high school level despite a stream of advice from a variety of people who are telling me to either teach college classes or enter a field other than education.