John Eggers

John Eggers

John Eggers is a former university professor and principal who lives in the Bemidji, Minnesota, area. He writes education columns for the Bemidji Pioneer newspaper.

John is a former Peace Corps volunteer in Uruguay, taught in Iran and the inner city of Camden, New Jersey and the reservations of northern Minnesota.

He is also a public speaker and book author. Learn , where you can also purchase his books.

If you are a teacher, perhaps it’s time to revisit some classic movies that remind us why we became teachers.
A prerequisite for being a president of the United States should be having a carpentry background. Consider all of the knowledge you have to have in building a house.
As we mourn the loss of our 39th president, Jimmy Carter, it’s important to keep in mind how he lived his life in Christian love and our political leaders can most honor his life by doing the same.
The wife returned to bed but continued to look at the light. She said to herself, “Why do I have this feeling that we are missing something special? Could the light mean something?”
Hope is the last thing we should never give up on and when we do, life is no longer meaningful. To take meaning out of someone’s life is inhumane.
Take the advice of 400,000 deer campers. If you need a mental up-lift in these post-election days, try a deer camp joke on your friends and notice how things improve.
In 44 games that Jim Thorpe played for Carlisle, he had 53 touchdowns. He would finish this season with 25 touchdowns and 198 points; unthinkable totals for the day.
Campaign buttons used to be very popular. They came to the scene long before the yard signs. If you liked a particular candidate, you wore a button with the candidate's name or picture on it.
Excite, challenge and never give up. That’s what it means to be an excellent teacher, and everything teachers do should be considered in this context.
I no longer hunt ducks. I try to attend one or two high school football games yearly. I envy those players running onto the field among the cheers of the fans and the cheerleaders.