The school calendar is mapped out a year in advance. The clock determines when engagement will begin and when it will end. ![]() Clocks and schedules are the central theme of a school day. We force students to limit their engagement based on time. We educators however, do not attack our purpose with the same ferocity as Casino owners. Of course education is another area where each participant’s total engagement would greatly improve the ability to achieve the stated purpose. The main goal in casinos is to get one’s complete engagement for the longest time possible. Time is a major component of any form of competition, with the obvious exception to games of chance. The goal was to get a person’s complete and total involvement. There seemed to be a total engagement in the moment. The only bells going off were on the slot machines. One of the most impressive feats of Las Vegas Casinos, to me at least as an educator, was their ability to engage people in the casinos without regard to time. Ironically, however, our most enjoyable venture was a helicopter tour and landing in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. ![]() As a lifelong “Rat Pack” fan I looked forward to the Landmarks, the Legends, the Lights, and the Luxuries of the Las Vegas Strip. My wife and I had been saving up our rewards points from airlines, hotels, and credit cards in order to celebrate a 24 th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas.
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