Published in Age of Awareness·May 17, 2021Teaching Practices That Need to Continue After the Pandemic EndsThe school year is starting to settle down for schools across the country. Some students have been in the classroom most of the year, some half the year, and some schools spent most of the year completely online. …Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·May 11, 2021The 2020–2021 School Year Is Proof Teachers Are The Most Important Factor In Student SuccessPre Covid-19 I would hear friends and family ask “Are you afraid as a teacher that you will lose your job to all these computer education programs out there?” I would chuckle to myself as I thought about all the research relating that a great teacher is the single most…Education2 min readEducation2 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·May 7, 2021Teaching With Growth Mindset Needs to Be the New StandardThe concept of growth mindset is fairly simple: learning is more effective if the student believes that they can learn. A student that believes that they can’t is harder to impact academically than one that believes they can regardless of their current intelligence or skill. Many teachers advocate for this…Teaching4 min readTeaching4 min read
Published in Educate.·May 7, 2021Making the Teaching Career Sustainable For New TeachersBeing a new teacher can be overwhelmingly terrifying. For those teachers that are in that boat you know. For those that left that boat, you may have forgotten. For those that will never get into teaching, you will never know. Having a class to manage can be anxiety-inducing all on…Teaching3 min readTeaching3 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·May 7, 2021Why Teachers Need to Focus On Resourcefulness in the ClassroomThe resources that have become available over the last 20 years have truly been amazing. Technology has changed the way we live our daily lives from our entertainment to our communication. It has changed the way teaching and learning occurs in the classroom. …Teachers3 min readTeachers3 min read
Feb 27, 2021Member-onlyWriting: The Process of Bleeding Onto Your PagesIt is hard for many writers to feel like they are doing something unique and new because it feels like everything has been done already. You want to stand out from the average and common literature but how do you do it. I have learned that it isn’t about being…Writing8 min readWriting8 min read
Feb 14, 2021How To Enhance the Joy of the Smaller Things In Your Life.The first thing I ever wanted to be when I was a kid was a comic book artist. I loved superheroes and the grand stories told when I was a child. Even at eight years old though I could recognize that my drawings weren’t very good. When I came into…Happiness4 min readHappiness4 min read
Feb 9, 2021What we can learn about happiness from survivors of the Nazi HolocaustI have always been fascinated with stories of survivors, particularly of the time during Nazi Germany. What interests me so much about it is how a person can go through hell on earth and survive. How did these people survive while others perished? How were they able to find a…Happiness4 min readHappiness4 min read
Jan 20, 2021The Opportunity of Failure Belongs To the Privileged ClassThe chance to fail and try again isn’t an equal one. Is Privilege Only About Money and Race? One of the most sought after titles and possessions in today’s western society is that of becoming a millionaire. The idea is constantly pushed out from game shows (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) to books (The Millionaire Mind)…Equality6 min readEquality6 min read
Jan 17, 2021The Power of PerspectiveHappiness is just a thought away. Sooner or later the daily driver comes across it. The stop light that you seem to always get stuck at. You may plan different routes to approach the dreaded light, but no matter which way you approach it you know you seem to always…Gratitude8 min readGratitude8 min read
