Around the Banks

Johnny Bullard Guest Columnist We live in a day and age where seemingly so many areas of mastery impress us in relation to secular education. "Oh, my child scored a Level 5 on the latest state assessment." Signs go out on the lawns of parents, and everyone is ecstatic that Susie and Johnny have performed well on what the state deems important for children. Let's examine that for a bit. We are in the midst of a week where we honor our Veterans, and we should. Those individuals selflessly served our nation in the military, defending our nation's freedom. Yet, if you were to ask many of our outstanding budding scholars to name for you our five branches of the military, many would be hard-pre