I have the feeling that my students aren't drinking as much as previous generations. I did a little search, and there seems to have been a peak of alcohol consumption around 2008, and the trend is that kids are drinking slightly less, and there's a small decrease in binge drinking (or admissions to the hospital... Continue Reading →
Teenagers as Commodities
"The most valuable commodity on planet earth is a young mind with a willingness to learn." -- Stephen West I liked this quote from Stephen West's Philosophize This! podcast, but I take issue with the word "commodity". To be fair, it's part of a longer quote "Real quickly, the most valuable commodity on planet earth... Continue Reading →
The New World
I was, in the past, of the school that everything we experience is just a variation on a theme, and everything has more or less happened before. I was a "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," sort of person; look at the past and learn from it. Shakespeare still resonates... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 