Opinion
2013 Urban Teacher Residency United Data Literacy Symposium: Data geek travel journal (part one)
I’m a nervous person in general, and traveling is so stressful that I often have to go into a Benadryl-fueled trancelike state to even begin packing. Luckily, most of my work is statistics lab kind of stuff that requires a stationary office and computer. Sometimes, though, even a data geek has to go
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Turning a misspent youth into a well-spent present
A friend remarked recently that she often wonders what skills and talents she could have pursued if she hadn't spent much of her 20s drinking copious amounts of vodka and generally getting into trouble. It was an interesting question given how accomplished she is now—I could hardly imagine where she
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(Im)perfect Parenting: What Mom REALLY wants for Mother's Day
I have a confession: I am a crappy and unoriginal gift-giver, and this goes all the way back to my childhood. My Mother’s Day gifts to my mom were usually coffee mugs because she liked coffee. Every year. Coffee mug. What woman doesn’t want a cabinet filled with mugs that she has to clean? Oh, that’
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Five quotes to ponder from David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author who penned three novels, several collections of short stories and a ton of nonfiction. He also gave what is considered the best commencement speech of our generation at Kenyon College in 2005. You can see a dramatized version of that speech in the video ab
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Five stories of getting in trouble (elementary edition)
This was difficult to write. We’ve all had experiences where a series of actions spiral out of control. Suddenly, you find yourself in a load of trouble, with messed pants, with your pants down or just crying in front of a large group of your peers. These are those moments. I expect you to share som
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Finding your footing after graduation
My parents and I drove to Ohio this weekend to see the next eldest cousin graduate from college. As the first of my generation of cousins to walk across the stage, I was the guinea pig, as in many other things. Since I got my diploma three years ago, I have embarked on another kind of education. Alt
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