There’s the bell for first class. Walk slowly. Time it just right and maybe you ‘ll be the last one to sit down at your desk. Pretend you don’t hear them. “Faggot.” “Dyke.” “That’s so gay.” “No homo.” “Tranny.” “She-male.” At least once during the day, LGBTQIA+ students, a reported estimated 1.3 million high school […]
If you missed the CNN Special Report Special Report, “#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens,” from October, 2015, I highly advise you to watch it soon. And, be sure to read these articles with additional information. Being 13: Perils of lurking on social media “Most adolescents with access to smart phones are living their […]
I could not settle down, so I got up and wandered around the house. Normally, I’m not a worrywart, but I was upset that there wasn’t anymore food for Yugo, and worried what little he had had to eat would only make him hungrier when he woke up. To distract myself, I thumbed through a […]
How A Child Becomes A Bully by Dr. Gail Gross, HuffingtonPost.com “While there is no one single profile of a child bully, in my years as a researcher and educator, I have witnessed a few different situations that describe the majority of child bullies. Like Parent, Like Child. Children model what they see. If a […]
I cannot carry a tune so I mouth the words as I stand whenever the national anthem begins. Initially I was angered at Colin Kaepernick’s protest sit-down on August 26, 2016, when the national anthem was played. How ironic, I thought, that a football player who plays a game woven with politics and big money […]