When I was four, my parents moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a small town 140 miles South along the Ohio River. In the weeks that followed, I made numerous trips to the Greyhound bus station trying to get on a bus back to Pittsburgh. Apparently, I didn’t understand the “ticket thing”. I was only four! Realizing […]

Knowing Who to Blame Is Not Useful. Addressing the world with the mindset that you are responsible for everything that happens has some considerable advantages. For one thing, much time, effort and energy is wasted arguing about whom or what is responsible. The simple statement, “I am responsible” can completely defuse many highly charged situations […]

When we think of education, we often think about reading, writing and arithmetic, but there are other skills, life skills, that many believe are equally valuable. Life skills are usually more tacit than explicit and, therefore, are more difficult to assess than academic skills. Nevertheless, they are still essential and deserve to be taken seriously. […]