About Steve
The guy is simply from another planet, one populated by slim, trim 60+ year-olds who can: Stop on a dime and drill a legitimate left-handed jump shot. Bank in shots from either wing, far beyond Tim Duncan’s range. Get to the hoop for a lay up, off a pick or without if the defender […]
THE DOTS ARE NOT DISCONNECTED, ONLY UNCONNECTED
Every time I have asked college students to reflect on the question of their high school preparation for college, there are two responses: “I could have done more research on my own, but I also wished that I had a person consistently there to assist me in my thought process.” Asked for his prospective career […]
Do Not Press Send! or Post!
Egads, it is soooooooooooooooooo easy. You “jot” down a few thoughts–organized or not, well thought out or not, inflammatory or not, edited or not. Instantaneously, or in seconds at most, these pearls of wisdom which have poured from your tortured soul (wracked with angst because you are only able to operate at 10g speed instead […]
Love, Accept, Laugh
This is my counterpart to “Eat, Pray, Love” Love: self, family, another person, your job, life, the learning process— it is hard to function without at least some combination of these loves Accept: ethnicities, religions, philosophies, sexual persuasions, even criticisms — while not being required to endorse anything you do not believe in […]
The Manager of Commonality
Leaving aside the obvious and multiple substantive merits of true diversity in any organization, and looking at it purely from a bureaucratic standpoint, diversity is great—because it is countable. Whatever the desire of an individual for a particular ethnic classification, the definitions of which will become even more complex as the country becomes one of […]
College Graduations
First, a longstanding complaint and futile request: consider that a graduate has paid (with help from multiple sources to be sure) his or her college bills for multiple years, adding up to many thousands of dollars. Agree that most now describe higher education as a business. In a normal business, a longstanding customer gets a […]
The Criticality of Guidance Counseling
COUNSELORS WITHOUT CLOCKS I realize it is fantasy to think that guidance counselors, whether at high schools or at non-profit organizations which facilitate students going on to higher education, do not eventually have to look at the clock when spending time with a student. And I know that said counselors are increasingly burdened with paperwork […]