As the title suggests, I have identified five rules to help keep the new college student on track.
Year: 2014
Malcolm GauldBrother’s Keeper Reprise – 7 Parts
Brother’s Keeper is a wholistic concept that must be wired directly into the culture and practiced by all participants.
Truth + Misery = Freedom, Pt. #2
A productive and inspiring evolution can unfold when a kid makes the commitment to be truthful.
The Hyde Compass
Some teenagers have a vague idea of what they want to do when they grow up. Some don’t have a clue. Most who “know for sure” will change their minds…..
Charlie Everybody, Nobody Cares, and Lotsa People
Whenever kids’ disciplinary infractions are focused in the dean of students’ cross hairs, it is not unusual for them to cry in desperation, “Why are you picking on me when everybody else is doing it?…
Trust the Process Defined
What exactly does it mean to “trust the process”?
Santa, Sex, Jimmy & Indira
My return to the classroom has triggered a fair amount of déjà vu. I’ll start talking about something and then, all of a sudden, these old teaching riffs start flooding into my head.
Saddle #4: Tunes in Exile
Of course, I had to inject some music into the mix. Sensing that my students might not be grasping the whole derivative concept, I casually mentioned the Grammy Awards the other night on TV and how Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” had walked off with a boatload of trophies.
Greenie – 18 Years After
At yesterday’s school meeting, we were asked to identify and describe (in one minute) an […]
Saddle #2: de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) was a French aristocrat who at age 25 was granted a […]