I am clearly a competitive person. If I decide to do something, I am in it to win it. I am also goal oriented. Nothing motivates me like a deadline or a finish line. I also have a tendency to be an all or nothing person. Give me a bag of potato chips and I will either eat [...]
A couple days ago I wrote about my feelings regarding Common Core. About how I don’t necessarily think the biggest issue in public education today is students’ (lack of) ability to use higher order thinking skills. But just in case that is the biggest issue, I think Number 7 is in good shape. After our downstairs [...]
Yesterday we spent the day at my parents’ house for Easter. As I usually do, I wandered up into my old bedroom. You know, just to reminisce. If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that my grandmother died shortly before Christmas. There was some stuff from her condo up in my room. [...]
By 6:15 am the Easter baskets had been pilfered. By 11 a.m. we were at Grammy and Papa’s house. By 11:30 a.m. we had found all the eggs. By 12 p.m. we had opened the eggs, sorted the eggs and chowed on cupcakes. (Number 6 gave Number 7 a haircut last night. Do you like [...]
