What I try to teach my girls
As a fifth-grade teacher, I am often shocked at the disparity in maturity between ten-year-old boys and girls. I've known many fifth-grade girls who could effectively enter the workforce if…
Change can happen quickly. If you allow it.
This is a photo of my son, Charlie, taken last Sunday. This is a photo taken of the same spot exactly three days later. It serves as a reminder for…
I’m never this angry. I swear.
My four-year-old son, Charlie, drew a picture of his family at preschool last week. Here is his creation. See anything wrong with it? When he handed it to me, I…
Details matter. They matter a hell of a lot.
This was the fundraising letter sent to supporters upon Trump's announcement of the new travel ban, which was thankfully halted by a federal judge last night. The failure of communication…
Say no to “more details.”
Parents and teachers often tell students to "add more details" when commenting on student writing. It's one of the least helpful things that you can say to a writer. Have…
It is only snow and nothing more.
As I write this, it is snowing outside. Meteorologists are referring to the storm as a blizzard. Much of Connecticut is shut down (though I just returned from a successful…
Stories are so damn important.
Few things have felt truer to me than this quote from the late Alan Rickman: I cannot tell you how many times someone has told me at the end of…
End the scourge of the additional anus
I'd like to propose that we permanently retire the phrase "tore me a new one" and all its variants as a means of describing a situation in which a person…
Rules of Self Praise by the Brilliant and Handsome Matthew Dicks
Rule: If you have to say that you were the smartest person in the room, you were not the smartest person in the room. Not by a long shot. Corollary:…
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