We’ve all have had them. Well…I hope that we all have had them.
memorable professors
The reasons that they were memorable differ. However, at various times throughout your life you’ll be reminded of the lessons you learned and the memorable professors you learned them from.
Some of my favorites include…
a high-energy, absolutely hilarious business law professor. His mission [...]

School started yesterday for Florida colleges and universities.
Not for me.
I’m not going to school this semester, because I need to prioritize. I was supposed to take the semester off to get my grad school application in order. While I have plenty of time to do this (and I halfway intend to do it), there are [...]

On December 15th, I posted my end of the year  to-do list.
I am a bit humored as I report to you that the only thing on my list that I actually followed through with was looking fabulous. I exercised (we got a Wii and the Wii Fit and the Biggest Loser game!) and bought new [...]

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find a respectable online Masters program? If you know the secret, please share it in the comments.
I’ve considered an online degree program because of it’s convenience. However, if I were to be accepted to Cornell’s Master of Management in Hospitality program (I think I have [...]

Why hello end-of-the-semester!
You sure did sneak up on me.
I take that back…projects, homework, and additional readings never sneak up on me, because I am just a bit obsessive when it comes to managing my time wisely.
Some people are not so wise. So here I am– I live another semester to pick up the slack.
So now [...]

“America, ever-idealistic, seems wary of the vocational-education track. We are not comfortable limiting anyone’s options. Telling someone that college is not for him seems harsh and classist and British, as though we were sentencing him to a life in the coal mines. I sympathize with this stance; I subscribe to the American ideal. Unfortunately, it [...]

I have been very privileged and I wonder if that qualifies me or disqualifies me when it comes to giving advice on education.
My parents are well-educated and planned from the beginning to have well-educated children. They put money away to put my brother and me through school. My mother patiently helped me with my reading [...]

Thomas L. Friedman, op-ed columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote this article. I strongly encourage you to read the whole thing, but I will share with you the bottom line:
” We’re not going back to the good old days without fixing our schools as well as our banks.”
Our economy didn’t break on it’s [...]

The situation is out of control.

6-year-old Cub Scout faces 45 days in a reform school for taking a utensil to school
8-year-old suspended for sniffing a marker
13-year-old strip searched under suspicion that she had ibuprofen

I have been baffled by the enforcement of no-tolerance policies in schools across the nation. There are 22 states that are [...]

How well do you spell?
Is it ridiculous to pose such a question to an adult?
I think not!
Misspelled words and grammatically incorrect sentences really bother me. The thought that they are more widespread than ever is like nails on the chalkboard of my life.
I have often wondered how children turn into teenagers who turn into college [...]