The Eighth First Day of School
Gene GlotzerI know I'm a few days late with this post, but life has been crazy lately. Every year, I write a little post about my kid's first day of school…
The Mental Health Crisis: Can School Help Prevent Mental Illness?
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Louie Lang wrote an article in Phlexible Philosophy entitled "An Education Based on Happiness" (Full disclosure, I also write for Phlexible Philosophy.). The premise…
The Seventh First Day of School
Photo by MChe Lee on Unsplash Today is my kid's first day of middle school. Sixth grade. Crazy. Every year, I mark the first day of school with some musings.…
Trying to Understand Spacetime
Jamil RaglandPhoto by Andy Holmes on Unsplash My favorite book as a kid was A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I found the book in the library of my…
2022
As they have bee for pretty much everyone, the last couple of years have been difficult. Even before the pandemic began, 2020 saw one of my dreams become a nightmare.…
You know, you could just NOT pay your student loans
Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash People on the internet, or at least the small cross-section of Twitter I see on a regular basis, seem pretty upset that President Joe…
The Sixth First Day of School
Photo by Anton Sukhinov on Unsplash Each year, I mark my daughter's first day of school with a blog post. (You can see past ones here, here, here, here, and…
What’s the Hurry?
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash I got an email from the superintendent of the West Hartford Public Schools informing me that the school system will be fully reopening…
Snow Days
Photo by alvaro ortiz on Unsplash I'm angry. That's not something you'll hear me say very often. I don't do anger well at all. I put myself through some pretty…
A Question About Student Loan Forgiveness
Student loan forgiveness has been a big part of the public debate (such as there is) for a little while now. I always encourage debate, and I'm all for student…