By John McCutcheon (Submitted by Doug Berg) Editors note: The following are the verses from a song by John McCutcheon. I felt they could stand alone as a story/poem. The story is true. The commanding officer of the British forces was court-martialed for “consorting with the enemy” and sentenced to death. Only a pardon by … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg As the Holiday season approaches, the excitement around Mini-School reaches a fever pitch. Dustin Olson, Derek Knowles and Andy Black increase their physical abuse of one another, Matt Thompson increases his number of calls to California to see what’s in store for him on that front, Aaron Hoerst becomes pesky beyond belief, … [Read more…]
By Anonymous (Submitted by Doug Berg) As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Finally, catching up to the youth, he asked him why he was doing this. The answer was that the stranded starfish would die … [Read more…]
By Kurt Hahn (Submitted by Doug Berg) I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities:
By Doug Berg I have run a couple of marathons, skied quite a few Birkebeiners and Vasaloppets, and paddled in a good many long distance canoe races. In each case, I feel a bit of anxiety before the event, then after the gun goes off, an adrenaline rush and a lot of physical and emotional … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg Mini-School is struggling through this wimpy El Nino winter the best we can. In early January Joe Juranitch and I and 8 of the top calendar salespeople took a nice trip to Two Harbors and Ely. It really wasn’t planned as a winter activities trip, but a nice snowfall, the first significant … [Read more…]
Collected by Carrie Tiggas and Doug Berg “I don’t know why I live. It’s so annoying.” Jason Gaasvig “I don’t think we should let any new kids into Mini-School. Ever!” Lenny Weissner “My dog is half wolf. Its mom was raped by a timber wolf.” Geno Faraci “Why does Curtis LaBoda have two big letters … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg Year 28 of Mini-School is underway! Randy and I started this program in 1970. Along the with other Mini-School founders Pete Hegrenes and Leo Razidlo, we set a clear, definite mission- to provide a meaningful education for high school kids who weren’t getting that education in mainstream high school. Fulfilling that mission … [Read more…]
By Doug and Randy Tom Riordon {81}- Recently called from his home in California and is doing great. Has a super family and is really proud of his kids. Tom was in town to attend the wedding of Jeff Thompson, brother of former Mini-Schooler, Dave. Melissa Quigley {76}- More about her in this issue, but … [Read more…]
By Justin Streeter and Chris Wegler (Assisted by Doug Berg) In spite of its difficulties (see Lance Hamlin’s article), winter is full of many fun articles. Many of these activities can only be done in winter. First, there’s snowmobiling. Get together with a group of friends and go riding, see the country, tear a trail … [Read more…]