Schmidt Perspective

A few days ago, the postman delivered my quarterly College of Saint Elizabeth Alumna magazine.  On the cover were members of the class of ...

It's hard to believe we are almost one month out of school.  A great deal was packed into the first 26 days, babysitting the most precio...

This year marks my 20th year in Minnesota.  Having grown up on the East Coast I thought I knew everything, I found I did not.  Here are a fe...

Looking at my last post, it reflected what goes wrong.  This week was another one of those weeks, but instead of what goes wrong, it was fil...

As we march our way through any given school year, there is a glob of time that moves along.  The alarm goes off on Monday morning and the n...

Almost every day I like what I do, working with special education students. I find that most of the time they have a better perspective on l...

Summer has finally arrived in Minnesota. Today is warm and sunny, the sky is an amazing blue, there is a hint of breeze and the birds sitti...