Teacher

Being a riding instructor isn’t easy. They hold the responsibility of educating students on the art of riding. Likely, you’ve have bad instructors and amazing ones. However, they’ve also probably had good and bad students. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to be an excellent student, then start by learning what they wish you...

Horses live life for the moment. They enjoy grass when it’s available, sleep when they need to, and form meaningful relationships with those around them. Sounds like they got life all figured out! It seems people could learn a little bit by just watching a horse. Don’t be surprised if you learn these life lessons...

In 1854, Eliza Mott recognized the need for education in the Carson Valley and she decided to do something about it.  The dedicated wife and mother started the first school in Nevada in her own home and became the state’s first schoolteacher. Due to her achievements in the field of learning, education became important in...

By: Chris Enss On March 22, 1851, the steamship the Empire City arrived at the Isthmus of Panama.  The sun was hanging low below a bank of clouds and the busy seaport lay in purplish twilight.  Five ambitious school teachers stood on the deck of the vessel watching the crewmen weigh anchor.  Elizabeth Miller, Sarah...

Twenty-one year old Anna Webber rubbed her eyes and leaned against the rough wall of the sod school house where she taught.  The view from the window of the small building framed the tall grass and wheat fields around Blue Hill, Kansas perfectly.  A slight breeze in the middle distance brushed across the tops of...

Twenty-two year old Olive Isbell cradled a loaded rifle in her arms and scanned the hilly landscape surrounding the adobe school where she taught at the Santa Clara Mission in California.  From far off she could hear a gun spit in swift five-syllable defiance and she readied herself for a potential attack on the building. ...