by daniel | Jun 22, 2017 | Design, Education, Education Policy, Teaching
Last week I went to the store for chocolate ice cream. Since there was a sale on a new brand, I decided to buy one carton of that brand, along with one of the brand I usually buy. The sale made them the exact same price. The two tubs were the same size, shape, and...
by daniel | Apr 10, 2017 | Civil Society, Education, Parenting, Teaching, Working with youth
Young people in our society are marginalized. The popular concept of a teenager is someone who is immature, a pain in the rear, lazy, and narcissistic. Most likely they are permanently glued to their smart phone. They don’t do much work, but still expect things to be...
by daniel | Feb 24, 2017 | Democracy, Education, Parenting
It is hard not to watch the drama being played out in our nation’s capital. The new administration is settling into its leadership, and is ambitiously working to chart a dramatically different course for America. Some see this shift of priorities as “the...
by daniel | Feb 9, 2017 | Democracy, Education, Teaching
canada goose Joseph Bailey’s comment on my last post included this thought: Is a representative democracy viable in a complex system where the neurology of people can’t keep pace with the level of changes being forced upon them? This question gets at a core...
by daniel | Jan 26, 2017 | Democracy, Education, Education Policy, Teen coping skills
Earlier this week I was at a luncheon and found myself sitting near some folks I did not know. As often happens these days, the topic of our new federal government came up in our discussion. One of the people at the table, a Canadian, asked me to try and explain what...
by daniel | Jan 10, 2017 | Education, Parenting, Technology, Working with youth
We have reached a worrisome place in our relationship with technology. celine handbags canada goose We have – without conscious intent – tied our lives together with tiny computers that we carry everywhere we go. Today’s gizmos are so capable that it is easier to list...
