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Apr
02

Mentoring Gifted Children: The Teacher Must Also Be a Student

I’m an educator. I teach gifted students at Steppingstone School. This is an honor and a privilege, and one of the most difficult jobs I have ever done. It’s difficult because sometimes I am a difficult student to teach. Let me explain… Working with gifted children is one of those jobs where you can learn […]

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Dec
14

Walking With Finnley

“Don’t always believe everything your brain tries to tell you.” I can be pretty full of myself.  I fall into the trap of thinking that what I’m concerned about is the most important thing going on in my life.  I get preoccupied with what’s going on in the world around me and how it might […]

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May
24

On Making a Difference

  Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I wonder “What happens to my students.  Did I have an impact on them?  Was it positive or negative?  Where are they now?  Did I teach them anything they find valuable today?” The Tale of Two Educational Environments:  The University…   This was […]

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May
03

It’s Expensive to be Poor

My wife’s brother died recently.  He was a mediocre student and didn’t see much point to the traditional education he was receiving.  He didn’t graduate from high school. Many Gifted People Don’t Have an Easy Life As I look back over his life, I realize he was most certainly gifted.  He had been a carpenter; […]

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May
03

What Goes Around…

Engineers Should Be Problem-Solvers One of my son-in laws works for a company that builds ships for the U.S. Navy like the one shown above.  He’s in charge of a couple of hundred engineers that do the design work.  From time to time he confides to me that good engineers are difficult for him to […]

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Mar
02

Nature vs Nurture – a Dialog

There are some people who believe that anyone can be whatever they decide to be, within reason. For example, at age 77, I’m not going to be the Heavyweight Boxing champion of the world, nor the best football quarterback.  But I COULD have been had I so decided at the appropriate time in my life. […]

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