Protected: Health Update

The word is out among public schools. According to one study, the average student could begin the new school year having lost a third of reading progress and up to as much as half a year of math progress. How will they know? They won’t unless they do some baseline testing. Establishing a baseline means…

New Year’s resolutions. Did you make one? How about this one:                               Live Memento Mori! Probably not, but you might want to consider adding it to your list or simply focusing on it exclusively.  Memento Mori is a Latin phrase which says, Remember you must die.   Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor, wrote regarding memento mori, “You could…

I’ve been listening to a podcaster I really like. His name is Jocko Willink. He’s a decorated retired Navy Seal officer. He’s intense. (His podcast does contain some occasional “R rated” moments.) Seeing the picture of him and his co-host on his homepage makes it clear: you want him on your side. His most recent book,…

Eventually we will all get news which is hard to bear and sometimes almost impossible to take. It could range from “disappointment”-something like needing to change or cancel vacation plans to “unbearable”- a serious financial reversal, a marriage that ends, a life-threatening illness, etc.  How do you handle this? Emily DeArdo was diagnosed with cystic…

There are two questions here. The answer to the first question, “What grade is my child in,” in one sense is unimportant from an educational point of view. Elementary education is largely skill-based. Skills, of course, are linked to grade levels. Even so, a degree of mastery of a particular skill should be evident before…