Contemporary critics have made good sport of lampooning the WASP elites (an aristocracy of wealth and privilege) […]
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Do The Right Thing
I recently exchanged emails with a friend about the merits of the growing number of character […]
Mentors #4
The third reason: the helicopter parent. (Hara Marano, author of Nation of Wimps, argues that […]
Mentors #3
The second reason (that kids don’t connect with mentors) has to do with our current […]
Mentors #2
A year ago when I completed the manuscript for College Success Guaranteed – 5 Rules […]
Got Mentors?
I recently gave my “College Success Guaranteed” talk to a group of 11th grade high […]
Race to Nowhere & Hyde #2
So, when it comes to the concerns raised in Race to Nowhere — e.g., manic […]
Race to Nowhere & Hyde
During this month’s Fall Family Weekends at Bath and Woodstock we showed the film Race […]
Let Us Remember
I grew up in a home where my sisters and I were taught a special appreciation for […]
Jumper Cables #3
So much for ‘Nuff Said. That same parent e-mailed a follow-up to his follow-up, revealing […]