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Settling for President

December 1, 2008

After watching Barack Obama on Barbara Walters last week, I realized even the hopeful have to use some negative thinking and look at reality to move forward. From Anatara News (yes, I had to go outside the US to find these quotes!) via ABC News: As a young boy, Barack Obama had different dreams about [...]

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Gifted Children are a Dime a Dozen

August 27, 2008

Saw this headline at CNN.com and had to comment: Is your kid really gifted? Probably not. Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)? Wow, clearly she’s a genius! Or, um, maybe [...]

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It’s now official: Duke legally sucks

June 25, 2008

Everyone likes to think of themselves in good terms. We try to put our best face forward, tell the world our strengths while trying to hide our weaknesses. But sometimes, you need to put ego aside, just suck it up and admit your not great at something. Or in this case, you’re the worst. It [...]

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Generation Y: The What’s and How’s of the New Workforce

June 9, 2008

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I was working in Puerto Rico the past week, delivering two programs for a great organization. My wife joined me since it was our anniversary (Happy Anniversary Honey!). She never asks to go to Des Moines or Cleveland, but Puerto Rico…she’s going. We had a great time and [...]

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Media Monday: Why I couldn’t be a producer

May 19, 2008
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I know I’ve already blogged about this in my last post but this edit of Bill O’Reilly’s rant is not unlike my initial reaction. Thankfully I have my “Filter” which allows me to be in public and not say what I’m thinking. Plus they use the word “troglodyte”. From Barely Political:

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Responding to Search Terms: My way of giving back

May 14, 2008

Time to respond to you, the loyal readers, with my mailbag, accidental discovery session I call: Responding to Search Terms. This is where I respond to search terms that brought you to this site, whether you wanted to find me or not! By the way, yesterday was the highest visited day to date! Thanks for [...]

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Avoiding the stigma of failure = illiterate graduates

April 21, 2008

Failing a student, keeping them back a grade is definitely a case by case basis. But as this article shows, more and more kids are getting “social promotions” through school to avoid the tag of failures. From KnoxNews.com: Charleston Beard failed several classes his sophomore year, but the 17-year-old Central High School student was promoted [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Responses to a bad employee review

April 18, 2008

I get a lot of odd search terms that bring people to my blog. Things like: nobby sooty – I have no idea what the heck this even is. Anyone want to enlighten me? jellyfish attack on humans – This is due to my post (one of my better ones) on media hysteria. negative teachers [...]

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Thank you for driving good teachers away

March 20, 2008

A disturbing trend of parent suing teachers is getting worse. Its bad enough we don’t pay our teachers nearly enough but now parents are driving the good ones, who look past the salary, away from teaching. Parents refuse to accept that their precious little snowflake may not be as brilliant as they think they are. [...]

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Failure Friday: Yankees get Crystal Clear

March 14, 2008

 I can only hope, as a life-long Red Sox Fan, that this is a sign of how the Yankees season goes.  [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.486178&w=425&h=350&fv=] from sports.espn.go.com posted with vodpod Sometimes, the failures of others can set you up for success as this demotivational poster shows. Tweet

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