Sweet 16
“The days are long, but the years seem short.” – The Happiness Project Happy 16th birthday to the baby – and be forewarned if you are on the roads in […]
Tag Archives: generation y
Socrates on Today’s Youth
*Bill and Ted from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure with Socrates So you’re worried about the youth of today? This seems to be a common concern throughout history. “The children now […]
Is The World Too Much With You?
Everyday I see students enslaved to their phones continually updating a status, sending or receiving texts, or playing games. I could spend time lecturing them about how their overdependence on […]
You Could Have Said “Yes”
Once again the teacher is learning from the student. I never cease to be amazed by students and want to relay a story told by a National Honor Society officer […]
Why Writing is Important for non-English Majors
If there can be a National Ice Cream Day, National Sibling Day, National Coffee Day (which I celebrate daily), and National Bunsen Burner Day, why not have a National Writing […]
Why I Teach Books with Cursing and Sex (or Banned Books)
The Things They Carried Brave New World Of Mice and Men Walk in Room 128 on any given day, and my students could be reading these books. Add The Catcher in the […]
The Cons of Building a College Resume
I laughed for a long time when I saw this tweet by Maureen Downey, the education writer for the AJC, but then these words stopped me dead in my tracks: “Will […]
To My Former Students Who are Now in College (or Any College Student)
Dear College Students, Many of you have just begun classes or will start this week. For some of you, college is brand new while others are inching closer and closer […]
Patriotism and the Next Generation
*I will not be blogging for the remainder of the month as I take a break and work on my site. See y’all in August with new students and new […]
What’s More Important – the Self or the Selfie?
Selfie: noun self·ie \ˈsel-fē\ an image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks – Miriam Webster Dictionary The term selfie was added to the Miriam-Webster dictionary […]
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