https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/Me telling stories about past experiences, chronicling the present and my opinions on different issues in education today. Entries will appear on Tuesdays and Saturdays.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/998974It was a wonderful occasion: Ann's Confirmation. The Baltimore Basilica is a beautiful cathedral. I was in awe looking around. Archbishop Lori is an excellent homilist. I definitely felt the Holy Spirit while Ann was being Confirmed. I am proud to have been her sponsor. Recommended Reading Ann Quitshttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/998892The 40 bedroom Christian Brothers residence at my high school has not seen full capacity in decades. Right now, there are six Brothers on campus, so that's a lot of space there. My high school is talking about demolishing the building and building something else there. I don't know whether the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/998806Sometime after I graduated from my middle school, they built an auxiliary room that was supposed to serve multiple roles: gymnasium, auditorium and cafeteria. It has not come to pass. There already is a gym there that suffices for the 300+ students who are enrolled. The gym also doubles as the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/998750I miss the days when libraries would stamp the due dates of books. What I liked about it was seeing how often the book had been checked out. When I went to Loyola, it was especially neat to find I had checked out a book for the first time in decades. Now with checkouts digital, I feel we lost...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/998679March 2003. I was not the only one who volunteering at House A of The Agency. So was Dean Gamble. Dean was a peer of mine in high school. Dean had no-showed the first week we were to be there. Then he came late the following week. I don't know if it was Dean's arrival or not, but Gary was way...