by Whitney | Apr 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
As someone with two kids with ADHD, attention is a big deal to us. I’ve made it my job to understand how attention works, how to get it, how to focus it, and how sustain it, because this information is vital to helping my kids learn how to learn most...
by Whitney | Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
For a few years, I’ve been part of an Alumni interview committee for my undergraduate university. The kids often seem like they have built an impressive resume and seem much more qualified than I think I was at that age. It always made me wonder- did I just...
by Whitney | Dec 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but as I get older, there’s more stuff, every year, on my list of things I wish I knew more about. Sometimes, it’s a course I wish I had taken in school, or some area I just wish I understood better, because the holes in my...
by Whitney | Nov 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Chris Brogan had an interesting post up today about “Cafe-shaped conversations” that got me thinking. The big versus the small, the mass versus the individual touch- this is a classic dichotomy we all struggle with in our lives. Are we part of a group...
by Whitney | Sep 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
I just saw Michael Bloomberg give an impressive interview on Meet The Press. I think he is well informed, and also realistic in what we need to do, including improving the education system we have here in the US. He spoke of the auto industry having reduced...
