Would tailoring classrooms to different learning levels do more for kids in school?
Pick Strawberries
April 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Sometimes living in the present requires a leap of faith, and the simple pleasure of a single strawberry.
Panoramic Pupils
April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sleepy students huddling together for a group photo have no idea just how close to their futures they really are.
Living the Impossible Dream
March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Most people would say he shouldn’t still be alive, but he is. A heartwrenching excerpt from Robert Levithan’s new book.
Finding the Warriors
December 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
Atalwin Pilon writes that sacrifice, compassion, and love prevail where greed, fear, and denial fall short.
I Have Taught 3,625 Students
December 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
Carl Bosch can wish extravagant success for his former students, but all he can hope for is basic goodness.
Parents for Occupy Wall Street
October 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
Parents are protesting, Lisa Duggan writes, because they want a better future for their children.
Thursday HuffPost Edition – Ten things I've learned from Steve Jobs
October 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
1. Form is as important as function. 2. Corporate presentations do not have to be boring, or text-heavy, or generic. Presentations are performances; they should be important, heady, image-based, funny, and idealistic. Steve Jobs made corporate presentations into events. 3. Good, visionary people are critical and irreplaceable… Read the rest of this week’s post here
A Failure We Can Live With
September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Eivind Ueland: Overheard on Facebook
The Most Passionate Speech About Possibilities You’ll Hear All Year
July 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
Jason Silva gives a passionate rant on the importance of stem-cell research.
I Still Don’t Know What I Want to Be When I Grow Up—and That’s Just Fine
July 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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“The most vexing part of having to cobble together a life without that clear sense of direction is that this nagging feeling is still there.”
Guestpost #57: Amanda Petryschuk – Ten things I've learned from working in adult entertainment
May 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
Amanda is a very talented comedienne, tax expert, and all around cool person. She has had a fascinating life. Here is her Impatient bio: http://www.impatient.ca/people/amanda-petryschuk/ This job will colour most, if not all, of your experiences in the present and future. I’m in my future now, and my experiences in that environment very much affect [...]
Going the Way of the Dodo
March 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
Aaron Gouveia imagines all the low-tech things that will be extinct before his son ever knows them. Like rotary phones. And books.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Chris Anderson
December 16, 2010 By 3 Comments
This phenomenon—the sharing of ideas across the global community—isn’t just cool. It isn’t just entertaining. It’s objectively, undeniably good.
Vocalyze
“I spent years in confusion that led me to ask awkward even wholly inappropriate questions at the wrong moments…”
This is a comment by James on the post “What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex”.