Category Archives: Education
The Perpetual Student
It’s a path so many people have decided to take. A backwards path. A path of retracing, rehashing, and starting over. Why do so many people return to settings of higher education so soon after they graduate? Is it a good thing? Before I explore the answer to that question, [...]
Life After School
The end of college is more than a mere turning point. Until this time, most young people have had the “next thing” to look forward to every year of their lives. But what is the next thing? It is the next institution of learning, of course.
Sure, finishing high school and saying goodbye [...]
Early Education Pitfalls
In my opinion, elementary school is for three things:
Socializing our kids
Teaching our kids how to read pre-approved novels, multiply single-digit numbers in their heads, and memorize the “important” presidents like Abe Lincoln, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush
Beating some of their natural curiosity and imagination out of them and replacing it with what we [...]
Is College For You?
These days, attendance at a post-secondary institution is becoming almost mandatory. Employers are increasingly demanding at least a Bachelors’ degree to even allow your foot in the door. What high school was in 1977 is what college is in 2007. I’m not even joking.
Now that I’ve scared you (assuming you are still [...]
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