The Case Against Homework

Tweet I guess most of our school age readers are going to love this article. Then again, maybe not. I’m sure not everyone was like me when I was in school and really despised homework. But as you read you’ll see the takeaways here go way beyond any crowded back-pack, think text books or marble copy books. I remember homework to be just as the word sounds. Work you do at home. It brings back vivid pictures of sitting at the kitchen table doing definitions, math problems and...

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The Dirty Word of Success

Tweet In some circles there’s a dirty word associated with success and achievement. It’s a word that some are afraid to admit to “using.” It’s a word that some “teachers” of success philosophy brush under the rug and dare not say in public… Let’s be right up front: The dirty word of success that’s often kept on the hush by the “gurus” is work. Most people are smart enough to know the right kind of work, hard work, smart work, efficient work,...

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