by Trasa Cobern | Jan 15, 2018 | Trasa's Background
On his 89th birthday, I am thinking about Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy in our country. What immediately comes to mind is the march on Washington, D.C., in 1963, and the famous lines of the well-known speech we all know. However, I don't...
by Trasa Cobern | Jan 9, 2018 | Trasa's Background
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage,” said Founding Father John Adams. His message is that it's our collective responsibility as a society to care for and educate children,...
by Trasa Cobern | Jan 6, 2018 | Trasa's Background
Visiting foreign nations is always interesting, especially experiencing what is different from home. This past summer, I had the opportunity to chaperone a student exchange in Berlin, Germany, and I noticed several major differences between European countries...
by Trasa Cobern | Jan 5, 2018 | Trasa's Background
Many patriots, I believe, are United States History buffs. We spend our time reading about the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and varying interpretations of the “supreme law of the land”. And we argue incessantly about nit-picky points of...
by Trasa Cobern | Jan 4, 2018 | Trasa's Background
As we kick off a new year, we're also sending our kids back to school after the break. It's a great time to share more of my story with you, the part about teaching. It has been full of surprises, and I can't wait to tell you about it. To...
by Trasa Cobern | Dec 25, 2017 | Trasa's Background
I was thinking about Christmas this week, and about how commercial it has become, and then I remembered one Christmas from my childhood when I learned what the joy of the season was really about: I was nine years old and so excited for Santa Claus to visit our house...
