Mark Twain had a few choice words about learning that I love. “Don’t let your school get in the way of your education.” As a former teacher but lifelong learner, I’ve come to believe that learning is best done outside the classroom. I viewed my teaching jobs as transforming how […]
Katie Hersberger
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Nothing makes my blood boil quite like lying. Not the white lies that we all tell from time to time. It’s the lies that come disguised as truth in the form of misinformation. Lately, Congress and the general public have discussed several chemistry-related issues, anywhere from climate change to exposure […]
Money. We need it, want it, and never have enough of it to get by and be happy . Many of us, including myself, hoped that higher education would immediately result in a higher salary. It doesn’t always work that way. Additionally, the personal cost of education is rising, and […]
“You’re too damn educated.” I recall my grandfather, a WWII veteran of Normandy, telling me this after I earned a doctoral degree. It was his way of telling me that I was not working hard enough. To him, education was not helping me develop experience like working long hours, weeks, […]
It takes money to run a successful school. Ideology aside, it’s a business (more specifically a commercial non-profit). The ongoing goal is to maintain the highest level of academic and athletic performance while maximizing the productivity growth and profit of the school, all done at the lowest operating cost. Add […]
Growing up, I prized my chalkboard more than my Cabbage Patch Kids. In fact, I lined up those dolls and taught them how to solve 123456789 x 987654321. Line by line, we learned to multiply and carry numbers. I knew this experience would greatly impact their lives and motivate them […]