Here’s a question for you. What’s the difference between:

a. signing your 4th grader up for free extra math help at school;

I used to be funny. I used to get out. Made small talk with strangers. Ran. Hiked. Checked social media. Talked on the phone with friends and family. Read for pleasure. Relaxed. But something changed. My hair has turned white. I’m easily annoyed. I have chronic pain…

I’m a high school teacher and since the Parkland, Florida mass murder, there’s been a tremendous amount of conversation. Mostly conversation about mental health and gun laws, and that’s all well and…

I’m a high school teacher and I’m angry. And I’m sorry. I’m sorry we are failing our children.

Last week, before the mass murder in Florida, my students were reading Catcher in the Rye. I asked them to write Holden Caufield a letter.

Anyone paying attention to the news since the election of Donald Trump has probably become more aware of the concept of gaslighting. Simply stated, gaslighting is a form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of…