“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of… Read More ›
Education
A LACK OF HONEST CONVERSATION
“Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.” ― John Kennedy Toole This one today maybe a little shorter than usual. Not because there… Read More ›
WHAT IS ALL REALLY ABOUT?
“As for cognitive empathy, there is, it appears, no shortage of people in the world who can unwittingly offend, misunderstand and steamroller over the delicate signals of others, all while maintaining the self-perception that they are unsurpassedly sensitive to subtle… Read More ›
THE CURIOUS CASE OF A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION COSTING $230 MILLION, AKA MATH IS HARD
“But we are living in a skeptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age; and sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hypereducated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of… Read More ›
THANK YOU, TEACHERS
“I said, ‘The truth is whatever you can get away with.’ ‘No, that’s journalism. The truth is whatever you can’t escape.” ― Greg Egan, I hope those of you enjoying Spring Break this week are using… Read More ›
SHOWING LOVE TO WHERE YOU START FROM
“Life and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have happened, what could have happened, is a necessary element in trying to understand what did happen. And if,… Read More ›
NASHVILLE’S LAST SCHOOL BOARD RACE
“One person presents their story each day; no one has to be Sigmund Freud to figure out these were men who grew so tired of being wounded, they went out and wounded something else.” ― Stephen Reid, A Crowbar in… Read More ›
THE ONE WHERE PINKY AND THE BRAIN HIRE A HENCHWOMAN
All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House … Read More ›
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many… Read More ›
THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” ― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist Watching the conversations around the Governor’s proposed reforming of Tennessee’s school funding formula(BEP) over the past several months has… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 