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Publisher's Pen: Students need to use the world as their classroom

Schools will be starting soon. Some parents will experience worry as their first youngster walks out the front door and boards a waiting school bus. It is a passage of time. Almost a decade later, that group will move on to high school and parents will suddenly realize that their children are growing and quickly will disappear in just a short time from home. All too soon, those children who boarded that school bus are now being loaded into the family car and are off to university dorms. It is both heartening for parents to see their children off to new school adventures, but also sad realizing that in most cases they are fleeing the nest. Read more...