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REVIEWS ON SCHOOL RESIDENCIES

I like that students are working together and are accepting each other's ideas.
Langdon teacher
 

students enjoyed the experience and learned to write poetry. They also learned about cowboys

and their way of life, their tools, etc. TJ is a warm and outgoing person and he is a

fantastic entertainer... He relates well with the students and managed to

help them write some terrific poetry.
Crosby, North Dakota
 

TJ will be returning for the third year to our school...he has been a positive influence

on our students and many ask if he will be coming back. TJ enlightens students about

the cowboy way of life, both past and present, and through his lessons brings out

essential values such as hard work, perseverance, appreciation of nature and animals,

and respect---all basic to the cowboy code.
Margaret Wilhelm - White Sulphur Springs

Teachers have commented that the student's work is excellent, imaginative and

thoughtful...They are impressed with his rapport with students and his ability

to adapt to a variety of situations.
He is open to suggestions and uses his time well...Students have commented that

he is respectful and provides constructive feedback on their work. He provides

a structure that enables them to be successful...
Casey covers the vocabulary of poetry and song lyrics - stanza, verse, rhyme, meter -

and provides a positive environment for students to write...generate a lot of enthusiasm

for writing poetry and reading them at public events.
Beck McLaughlin - Education Director - Montana Arts Council

 

TJ is one of those remarkable people who embody not only outstanding talent

 but also humility, a sharing spirit and loyalty to his craft...
This man lives his life as honorably as did the true-western pioneers of

our country, with honor, integrity, hospitality and dignity...
His support-by-example of a diminishing life style that we so urgently need to

sustain and emulate for our youth as well as our society in general ...
He is a real live cowboy of the old-west-honor-code and if I had to compare him

to characters we've all grown up with,...John Wayne's many portrayals in

motion pictures come close to this very good and talented man.
Mary Wakefield - Wyoming Arts Alliance
 

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