Not that long ago mankind relied on the environment for a calendar.
You knew it was time to plant and time to harvest by the moon and the stars; the smell and feel of the air and the movement of animals.
Nowadays, all those markers still exist, but our primary clue it is this time of year is the regular reappearance of yellow school buses on our roads.
We may be entering the fall season, but this is the spring of the school year. Lincoln County parents send their students off to school en masse this week, some for the very first time.
We encourage our local drivers to keep an eye peeled for students making their way to and from school. Nobody needs a tragedy.
Parents of older students making the leap to college might be interested in the Beloit College annual list of things incoming college freshmen know.
It might not come as a shock that today’s college freshmen have never known a world where Princess Diana wasn’t dead, but it is slightly unsettling to consider they have also never known a world without Google, hybrid cars, or Wi-Fi.
Beloit’s annual list is always an eye opener as it records how things change over the years, and how far you as a parent have come, but as much as things change, they remain the same.
As modern as they get, kids still need their parents to be involved and any educator will tell you parental support goes a long way toward academic success.
That said, it’s opening day, a new slate of opportunities.
We hope all of our local students and teachers, here and away, have a good, safe, and fruitful year, one that rises to the promise every first day provides.
