I am so smart. Like totally very smart. Beyond smart. You want to know how blindingly smart I am? Here is an example of my intractable, deeply-rooted smartosity: One of my students—based on my significant smartness coefficient, I snagged a job as a guidance counselor at a boarding school—wanted to
It’s like trying to tell a stranger about rock and roll suggested John Sebastien of the Lovin’ Spoonful. When Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Little Richard started recording Maybeline, Teddy Bear, and Tutti Frutti, the “other” John Sebastian – if it’s not baroque, don’t fix it – had died some
I have been coming down pretty hard on parents in recent columns. Moms who burst into classrooms quarreling with teachers, dads who try to restrict what our kids can read, fathers and mothers who put the needs of their own children above all the other kids in the classroom put
I love the “I’ve got your nose” trick as much as the next doting parent. But it is important to note that a) in reality, my thumb is not your toddler’s nose and b) no child should believe that I have, in actuality, removed her nose. Subsequent to turning five
Do you go to a dentist? Is she 17 years old? Do you have someone who advises you about investing, someone who helps you with submitting your tax return? Is your financial advisor or your accountant a senior in high school? When you have a health concern, do you consult
A high school senior is explaining to her father where she intends to apply to college, how she is refining her search criteria. The student feels strongly that under no circumstances will she apply to Arizona State University. At 65,492 undergraduate students ASU is waaay too big, she says. A
The following inept advice from a math tutor may be instructive, leading us to consider a broader category of ham-fisted guidance. The only necessary back story is that “Robin,” a junior in high school, is in the process of choosing and applying to college when they are not receiving lessons
What do you want me to say when you ask where my kid is applying to college? When you tell me which applications your child is filling out what are you looking for in my response? “One of the saddest consequences of social comparison is how bad we distance ourselves
Recently, I joined an expedition to hunt enormous cetaceans. Then I secretly impregnated a member of my congregation before tricking my friends into painting a fence. It’s been a busy week. Oh, wait. I did none of those things. Boats, never mind whaling ships, make me seasick. I am not
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