Empty Nesting / Parenting
The Best Ways to Empty Nest: Rediscovering Who You Are and Want to Be
Imagine for a moment. I am in one room practicing basic preguntas in Spanish aloud to myself. Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” plays, and I throw my weighted juggling sacks to the beat. Every few throws, one lands with a soft thumph on the wooden...
College
Make Mental Health and Wellness a TOP Priority for Your Student
I cannot tell you how many conversations with students I have had over the last two years that were about mental health. Yes, we educators had noticed the uptick in stress, anxiety, and depression well before the pandemic threw us all for a loop. But now, it seems to...
College
Cheating in College: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Overwhelming pressure to succeed Technology makes it expedient Tasks seem meaningless Students have many rationalizations as to why they cheat and these are just a few common ones. Unfortunately for college professors and administrators, as many as 60% of college...
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Notes on Why Men Don’t Like College
It takes only the promise of a free meal to get my son to agree to meet with me. I work at the institution where he is a sophomore, and yet we never run into each other; perhaps that is by his design? I am not ashamed to admit that I once lured him into my office with...
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Resolve to Develop New Habits in the New Year
The end of one year always comes with an opportunity to rest and reflect on what we are grateful for and what we wished we had done differently. And as I sit here doing just that, I cannot help but think about my own kids and my students–what they experienced,...Latest Posts
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