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Author Archives: Erica Gardner

How Does a Recently Discharged Veteran Decompress?

Honorable Discharge

As a veteran who missed the decompression boat, I can assure you that it is a necessary part of reintegration! But what is it and where do you start? Leaving military service is not simply a matter of signing your papers, turning in your equipment, and saying ‘toodaloo!’ There is a process involved in transitioning from the rigid and scheduled ... Read More »

Teaching Our Children Patriotism

Patriotic Family

At my daughters’ public charter school, in a small Colorado town of only 3,000 homes, they teach a ‘pillar’ of education that seems all-too-forgot in many American schools today; Love of Country. Every morning at Knowledge Quest Academy, two middle school students can be seen raising the American flag, and at the end of every school day, the flag is ... Read More »