Mark as a Honor Student
March 17, 2008 by Wendy Cooper
Mark’s report card just came out and it was very good. Not amazing but very good and we are quite proud of him. We also got a letter saying Mark is on the school’s honor roll which is a big deal for him and us. His big awards assembly is on Wednesday.
It’s been a HUGE turn around between grade 2 and grade 1 and I am pretty proud of him. It is also a huge credit to his teacher who does a wonderful job with his class and especially with Mark.
Of course he takes after his dad with his curious mind. The other day he walks over to Jordon and asks, “Got anything good to read?” Jordon looks at the bookshelf and gives him The Jesus Creed by Scot McKnight and says, “Come back when you are done?” Mark looks at the book, looks how thick it is, and gives it back to Jordon and replied, “Any book that isn’t about theology? I was hoping for something on helicopters.”
The emerging church can learn a lot from the world of helicopters. Prior to Larry Bell (Bell Helicopters), aerial assault was largely done by glider. Larry Bell changed warfare.
He did it by parties. Larry Bell’s parties in Washington, DC, were legendary. Although they happened in the forties and fifties, I still heard aerospace people talk about them well into the eighties. The right people, the right atmosphere, and the right frequency of happening led the army to change tactics and buy these cost-ineffective devices. But, over time, Army feedback led to positive images (MASH) and finely tuned (Huey) combat machines.
There are a few (expensive) books about the history of Bell Aircraft, floating around, perhaps a library might have them. Does Canada do interlibrary loan? Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls and Fort Erie would be where to troll.
And, what would life be without Harbor Freight