As Memorial Day approaches, teacher and commentator Joe Deffner has been thinking about a trip he made last year with a group of his 7th graders to Arlington National Cemetery.
Students at Vermont’s oldest secondary school, Thetfford Academy, joined thousands of others in protesting the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War . Commentator and teacher Joe Deffner offers his thoughts on why this one was a little different.
When commentator Joe Deffner moved recently, he found himself feeling nostalgic, not just about his old house, but about a couple of buildings just across the street from it.
Now that school’s out for the summer, teacher and writer Joe Deffner has time for summer’s more leisurely pursuits of reading, house projects, and of course, fishing and fishing companions.
Like many towns across the state, Thetford has had a hard time passing a school budget this year, but Commentator Joe Deffner says that for a couple of hours today all the debates will be set aside.