Category: Education

  • Competence = Confidence

    Every fall, my dad and I head north for our annual fly-fishing trip. It’s a chance to reconnect with each other and with nature, and to feed my soul with sustenance for the long Michigan winter. I have this trip circled for 364 days, and yet every year, a few days before I leave, I’m…

  • A False Dichotomy: Following Money vs. Following Passion

    “So, what’s next? What are you going to do with your life?” How are you going to earn money?” As seniors conclude their 12th year of formal schooling, they’re being bombarded with the same questions we fielded years ago. I remember struggling with these on the eve of my open house, where my parents’ friends…

  • The New TikTok Challenge

    For the impossible task of choosing a film for movie night with my kids, I’ve resorted to Googling “Best kids movies of 1984” so I can force them to watch what I watched as a six-year-old. They give it twenty minutes before they can turn it off. Last Friday I chose The Neverending Story, a film…