Ron Jaeger, Saint Charles, IL (2026)

How Attacks on Faith, Family, and Conscience Threaten All Our Freedoms

08/16/2020

God’s plan for a wholesome society are still true. Each generation must value these or the foundations crumble and all of society pays.

How Attacks on Faith, Family, and Conscience Threaten All Our Freedoms Progressivism is a master that restricts freedom; conservatism seeks to expand freedom, which can be expanded only if a society is virtuous.

11/08/2017

Please know that our Tutors Doctor no longer exists, we closed in 2015. Ron continues to use Facebook.

01/07/2014

How Social Media makes Social Learning more Effective
Social learning has around since the 1970’s when Albert Bandura suggested that learning is a social activity. Social learning theory postulates that learning occurs when students observe behaviors and mimic them. This includes the observation of rewards and punishments for behaviors. When harnessing this theory to effect change in the classroom, teachers can use social media to create a wider conversation and include other influential players. If used correctly, social media can be a real asset when teaching through social learning.
As parents you have already experienced social learning as your young students mimic your behavior and learn from your actions. Now with social media, you can augment the social learning opportunities at home and in the classroom by introducing your students to a wider audience of influencers.
What this means is that our educators and tutors are still mentors and models, but they are required to relinquish some of their authority to the community of learners as students learn from each other. With social media, this community is not restricted to the students in the classroom, but can also include students from around the world and all the resources that the Internet makes available. Now we have an entire network of teachers, tutors and learners all contributing to our body of knowledge and sharing their experiences.
While social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest can provide a wealth of learning opportunities, they can also serve as distractions that eat up an enormous amount of time without contributing anything to your student’s body of knowledge. This means that social media can be a blessing or a curse and needs to be managed effective to achieve the desired results. Teachers and tutors need to outline lesson plans, goals and guidelines to direct social media actions and continually enforce these guidelines to add a structure to social media interactions. Social media is a wonderful tool to use in social learning, but it must be structured in order to be effective.
Students learn more when there is a human connection to their content. This means that they are more likely to remember an exciting video on a lab experiment than if they read the experiment in a text book. Social media makes this possible as students can watch videos of scientific experiments on YouTube and discuss them with other students in forum portals.
Social media also caters for all learning styles thanks to its multi-media capabilities. Students can talk to other learners, tutors and teachers, read blogs, watch videos and study graphics. No matter what kind of style your student responds to, they are bound to find the information they are looking for in a format they like. Social media also caters to students with different learning speeds. The faster they learn, the more there is for them to discover. Students who work quickly have an endless wealth of resources to explore on the internet.
Social media gives active learners the opportunity to explore and discover. They can work as fast or as slowly as they like and interact with their community and with the information in a format that suits them best.

01/02/2014

What Parents need to know about E-Cigarettes
Electronic or e-ci******es sales are soaring, but not everyone is supporting this new fad. In his last days as New York major, Bloomberg banned sales of e-ci******es while law-makers in the UK call for new legislation that will ban the sale of e-ci******es to minors. With manufacturers touting e-ci******es as a ‘healthy’ alternative to smoking, many parents are weighing in with their concerns about these potentially harmful products.
Electronic ci******es enable users to inhale a mixture of ni****ne and chemical flavor additives in v***r form. The battery-powered devices are crafted to look like real ci******es and contain cartridges filled with liquids that contain ni****ne and flavors like chocolate, bubblegum and mint.
Since no combustion is taking place and no smoke is produced, users can use the e-ci******es indoors. Manufacturers are claiming that the lack of combustion minimizes the negative health aspects usually associated with traditional tobacco-based ci******es.
A 2011 and 2012 National Youth To***co Survey found that one in ten American high school students had tried e-ci******es, a trend Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, describes as “deeply troubling." His fear is that they will develop a dependency on ni****ne which will lead to the smoking of traditional ci******es.
Other researches are equally cautious: “They’re not safe. They’re just less dangerous,” says Dr. Stanford Glantz, professor of medicine and director of the Center for To***co Control Research and Education at the University of California San Francisco.
The fear that e-ci******es will lead to smoking isn’t the only health risk. Aside from ni****ne levels that are as high as or higher than regular ci******es, e-ci******es also contain a cocktail of chemicals that may have a poor effect on health.
Since the manufacture of e-ci******es is not regulated, FDA officials claim that they have no idea what chemicals go into flavoring the e-ci******es and they have no idea what effects e-ci******es have on health. They are calling for caution until studies can be conducted to ascertain the long-term effects of smoking e-ci******es.
While the FDA is conducting initial studies and promises to enforce regulations as soon as it has enough information to do so, it’s best if you discourage your students from trying these potentially dangerous products. Talk to your students about the use of e-ci******es today. Until the manufacture of e-ci******es is regulated and the long-term effects of inhaling ni****ne v***r explored, students should avoid e-cigarette use.
Parents can help by not smoking e-ci******es in front of their students and discussing the inherent dangers of smoking in general. Until studies show that e-ci******es are harmful or safe, parents should encourage their students think twice before smoking an e-cigarette.

12/30/2013

Best Holiday Reads for Elementary School Students
When your students are in elementary school, one of the best gifts you can give them is a desire to read. Reading books adds to your cache of general knowledge, improves your vocabulary and spelling and encourages great communication. Learning to read comprehensively and quickly will stand your student in good stead when they are faced with large amounts of reading in high school and college. Here are some great holiday reads for students in elementary school.
Note: There are some manga/anime books here which are illustrated novels. These work well for students who are not as enthusiastic about reading as they are a great segue into the world of books.
Kringle by Tony Abbot
This intriguing book about the heroism of an orphan who triumphs over dark forces is a great coming-of age tale. Featuring elves, goblins and flying reindeer, this thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Peter is a ten-year-old boy whose sister is lost and presumed dead. When he visits a fortune teller, he learns that she is still alive and sets out on an adventure to save her.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

This delightful collection of Chinese folklore tales is beautifully illustrated. They tell the tale of a little girl who goes on an epic quest to fulfill her destiny.
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
This hysterical book looks at the adventures of the unfortunately named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III; a boy Viking who must catch and train his dragon before becoming a hero.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Bod may seem like a perfectly normal boy, except for the fact that he was raised by ghosts and lives in a graveyard. This is a terrifying and thrilling look at the challenges Bod faces both in the graveyard and in the real world beyond its walls.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl is a criminal mastermind who craves fairy gold. He hatches a plan to kidnap a fairy and demand a ransom. But he bites off more than he can chew as his prisoner, Holly Short, soon wins his heart and teaches Artemis that he isn’t as cold and calculating as he thinks he is.
A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket
A wonderful series which follows the lives of siblings Sunny, Violet and Klaus who lose their parents at a young age and must overcome some difficult obstacles.

Angelic Layer by Clamp (manga series)
Misaki Suzuhara is a seventh-grader who just relocated to Tokyo to live with her aunt where she learns about Angelic Layer; a game where components manipulate robotic dolls with their minds.
Astro Boy (manga series)
This was first published in 1952 and is credited as the first ‘anime’ series. Astro boy is a robot hero created by the head of the Japanese Ministry of Science, Doctor Tenma. Astro Boy goes on adventures to save the city from a host of villains.
Kilala Princess (manga series)
Kilala loves the Disney princesses and, when she wakes a sleeping prince, she gains all the magical power of the princesses which she must use to help the prince.

12/30/2013

Holiday Cooking Class
Teaching your students to cook is a valuable life skill to pass on and a great family fun activity. Gingerbread people are a holiday tradition that helps your student to learn to bake, measure and follow written instructions while giving them the opportunity to exercise their creative side. Gingerbread people also make great gifts from young students to friends and family members.
When students follow recipes, they get invaluable practice that will stand them in good stead in the lab. Scientific experiments are very much like recipes. Students learn to read the instructions through from start to finish first. Then follow each step. They also learn to measure and add ingredients one at a time, just like they would in a scientific experiment.
Students also learn how to follow a recipe and basic baking terms like stirring, folding, sifting etc.
Here is a basic gingerbread recipe:
Ingredients:
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup unsulfured molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
Method:
Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl. In another bowl, beat the sugar and butter together until creamy. Add the egg and beat for another 30 seconds. Add molasses and beat for 2 minutes. Add vanilla and beat for 30 seconds.
Take one cup of dry ingredients at a time and add them to the butter mixture. Every time you add a cup of dry ingredients, stir until well mixed. When you have added all the dry mixture, stir until you have a stiff dough. Use your hands to roll the dough into a big ball. Press down with your palm onto the dough to flatten it. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly flour your countertop and your rolling pin. Roll out the dough until 1/8 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut out your gingerbread people. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
Take the cookies out of the oven and let them cool completely. Now decorate with icing and candy.
You can use the same recipe to make gingerbread houses. Put the dough on floured parchment paper and then roll it out. Cut out squares or rectangles that are the same size for the four walls and two sides of the roof. Bake in the same way and leave to cool. Use icing sugar to secure the four walls to each other and then put the roof on. Decorate with candy and icing sugar.