Twice, in the last 24 hours, I have not felt safe while driving. This is not related to my taking a wrong on-ramp yesterday while leaving a work obligation. This is related to feeling pressure or even, rage, from other drivers who happened to be near me and my vehicle on the road. In general,…
I wonder…… How do you connect with people? Do you go to them, or do they come to you? Are you an Organizer, or a Participant, or Both? Do you like to talk face to face or send an email? Do you meet for coffee in a public place or at your kitchen table? Are…
If you are involved with schools or mathematics at all, you know that today is Pi day. Pi is a number that never ends and for some odd reason, many kids like to memorize as many numbers as they can. Pi Day is celebrated on 3/14 representing the first three numbers of this irrational number….
Okay, so this morning, I woke early, about 5:30 a.m.. It is early for me. I have friends that awaken an hour before that time. But, for some reason the old Thomas Dolby song, “She Blinded me with Science” was stuck in my head. Anyone that knows me well, knows that I love science! I love life…
We moved to the Midwest in 1999 from Western New York. The topography here is much the same as it was there. However, looking back I believe I had was is known as a transformative experience shortly after we arrived. I was driving down Highway 53 in the Town of Onalaska on a fall morning….
Today, I came home from work slightly tense. It is all okay. I have a new job and am adjusting to the responsibilities of it. In these early days, sometimes, I feel as though I need to prove myself. My gut tells me that this is a normal reaction to a new job. But, I…
So, I’m watching an old episode of the television show Everybody Loves Raymond, where his son is staying home from school. The boy is maybe seven years old. It comes out that he has school phobia because he was teased. He accidentally called the teacher, “mommy” when he asked her a question. His classmates heard…
For the last few years, our school system has been refining grading policies. It is time well spent, in my opinion. We have been residents in the same school system for nearly twenty years. During nineteen of those years, I have had a child in the system. I’ve seen a lot of changes come and…
