by Admin | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog, Learning/Education, Philosophy, Psychology, Wisdom/Advice
Sarah K. Stephens Contributor Twitter When I first started lecturing in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, I would literally shake before each class. As I’d try to calmly put on my lapel mic and cue up my slides of content my hands would betray...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Learning/Education, Life/Personal History/Goals, Philosophy, Psychology, Wisdom/Advice
Jessica Reino Editor Twitter For whatever reason, March is the month that a lot of my professional memberships need to be renewed. I am not sure how it happened that way, but March seems to be a good time to take inventory of the groups that I am involved in. I update...
by Admin | Feb 7, 2017 | Blog, Learning/Education, Psychology
Laura Clydesdale Contributor Twitter “I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.” This is how the late Carrie Fisher wanted her obit to read. As Fisher tells it in her memoir, Wishful Drinking, during the filming of Star Wars, George...
by Admin | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog, Learning/Education, Life/Personal History/Goals, Philosophy
Dana Faletti Contributor Twitter Dear school, I would like my children back. My real children. Not the phantom girl with the dark circles beneath her eyes and the pout that has blossomed on her lips. Not the hormonally-augmented twelve year-old who huffs at me over...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog, Learning/Education, Life/Personal History/Goals, Philosophy, Wisdom/Advice
Laura Clydesdale Contributor Twitter It’s not just your daughter. Sadly, it’s my daughter, the majority of girls, actually, and many women too. “Do I have to run for Student Council?” my daughter asked me. “Of course not. I just think it would be a...
by Admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Learning/Education, Life/Personal History/Goals, Philosophy, Psychology
Chiara Townley Contributor Twitter I do believe that FREEDOM is the most important human right. The first time I had to deal with the U.S border, as a girlfriend of an American, I realized that my love feeling was seen as a potential threat for the country. You can...
