Today, I asked my 8th grade students to email me, and in the body of the email, to write about how the recession had impacted their families, themselves, and their friends over the past three or four years.

I was a bit taken-a-back by the candor of the students. Some of the families are really struggling. Here are some examples:

• both parents ( Read more... )

I'm awake ( Read more... )

I'm constantly hearing things like "when the recession ends" and "when we get past the rough patches" and "we have always pulled through before"... but I believe that these words are not only of little comfort, but they may turn out to be false ( Read more... )

To all the parents and teachers out there ( Read more... )

The price of gasoline, or rather, the value of gasoline, is much higher than most people imagine. Over the years, people have become accustomed to paying $1, $2, $3 or perhaps $4 per gallon. In reality, the value gasoline is three orders of magnitude higher, somewhere north of $1,400.00 per gallon ( Read more... )

I'm watching "Rent" this morning/afternoon. It's a snow day. Second in a row. Cold outside. Doesn't excite me to think of skiing in weather this cold ( Read more... )

I find it rather upsetting that people believe so many lies and half truths regarding global warming. Don't get me wrong. Global warming is real, and humans are the cause ( Read more... )