Realizing I Know Nothing
Archive for September, 2011
5 Driver Personalities I Hope My Son Avoids
Sep 30th
I know my son’s personality will be what it will be. My only hope is that I provide enough solid parenting that he becomes a fine upstanding citizen of the world at large. However, there are some personalities that I hope he avoids — and knowing how we can all (or nearly all) relate to driving and the personalities we see on the road, I present them as the 5 Driver Personalities I hope my son avoids:
1. The sitter. Passing lane is for passing — not sitting (or cruising). This personality is simply unconscious. The world around them doesn’t exist. I More >
Work-Life Balance. Is technology tipping the scales?
Sep 21st
What is work-life balance? This is something I find to be in constant flux as the line between our work life and home life becomes all the more blurred by advancements in technology.
I got my first cell phone my senior year of high school. I paid for it. I paid for the plan. It has come a long way since then. What is the new “acceptable availability”. A long time ago, the 40 hour work week was the standard (I know some of you are laughing), but where is the new line? Living the agency life, requests come in More >
The Parent-Teacher Battle
Sep 8th
I started the day with the article Teachers vs parents: Round two over at CNN.com, which of course tracks back to the original article What teachers really want to tell parents.
Make sure to read them both. My thoughts are not on the articles themselves but on the discussion at large: Teachers and Parents.
In all, I think the major issue is…well, you will have to either jump to the end or read through.
First, the stats — since I do think our backgrounds and situations play a role in our opinions. I am obviously a parent otherwise this site would not More >
