by Phil Houseal | Aug 2, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Aug 2, 2017–When it comes to whistles, Jeffrey Wanek would rather overblow than suck. Wanek is a basketball referee. The Fredericksburg High School and Texas Lutheran graduate is in his sixth year officiating games at the high school level and for college Division II,...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 9, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
July 12, 2017–I always thought it was called cursive because I cursed it when my 4th-grade teacher gave me a C in Penmanship. Even my immature brain wondered why we started school painfully learning how to print letters, then had to unlearn it and switch to making...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 6, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Update: Mensa will administer the Mensa qualification test on Friday, Oct 6, at Schreiner University from 1:45 to 4 pm in the “Fishbowl.” For details, call Gary at 830-739-1730. Sample Mensa test and answers at end of column. July 6, 2017–When I entered...
by Phil Houseal | May 25, 2017 | All Articles, Education, Events
May 25, 2017–I spent the last week watching a thousand students take a test. A field test. Because the tests took place in the middle of a field on a working ranch near Willow City, Texas. It wasn’t a paper and pencil kind of test, although hours of calculation were...
by Phil Houseal | May 18, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
May 17, 2017–I always wanted to build a bonsai tree. So when Dietert Club Ed offered a class, I signed up. Nine other wannabe tree makers shared my interest. We were a diverse group, with several retirees, a couple of younger ladies, and one millennial. Instructor...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 8, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country, Uncategorized
Mar 8, 2017–About eight years ago I was invited to be a guest at a writer’s group. As they discussed and critiqued each other’s writing, I was drawn into the process. For the first time I felt that I, too, could get a book into print. (I did, too. It’s called Finding...
