by Dawn | Sep 17, 2013 | Teaching
I found the following question on Quora. I had to answer. Why do schools teach history instead of something more practical? When and why did the governments across the world decide to add history as a subject And why does it have to be history instead of some other...
by Dawn | Sep 4, 2013 | spirituality, Uncategorized
The Pope crossed my Facebook stream. I wondered if it was really the Pope. I’ve friended Jesus H. Christ, Jesus M. Christ, and Jesus (Plain) Christ already, just to make sure I get the right one. I couldn’t find the Buddha on Facebook but Rumi is on...
by Dawn | Jul 19, 2013 | business, self-improvement
“You need to attend to your LinkedIn.” My brother reviewed it for me. He sees lots of resumes. It was okay for my first career, but it needed to be freshened up and updated for the 21st century. It was stodgy, like a historian wrote it. Because I teach...
by Dawn | Feb 16, 2013 | education reform, gratitude, politics, self-improvement, Teaching
I recently spoke with a new blogger. I was honored. First, that anyone would want my opinion, and second, that she liked my blog. This woman is going to be a superstar. Her material is great, yet she kept apologizing. “Well, I’m new. I don’t know...
by Dawn | Oct 7, 2012 | organization, satire, Teaching
I made a learnboard on Learnist about checklists. It was based on a fabulous article by Dr. Todd Finley, who researched everything related to checklists. He read all the research on checklists, poured through every website about checklists known to mankind, and read...
