TED.com is a website that I became acquainted with through one of my teaching colleagues. According to the website: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. You can find talks about various topics, from education [...]
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You Will Never Be…Pretty
Posted by KWiz on October 27th, 2010
Poetry slammer Katie Makkai gives voice to how we – as parents, as teachers, as those concerned with the tender hearts of our young people – should respond to the insecurities our girls carry as a result of listening to and watching what the media deems to suggest what’s right for them. It is absolutely [...]
How Unique Are You?
Posted by KWiz on May 15th, 2007
Back in the 80s and 90s when I worked in corporate America, I loved to wear beautiful suits. It was always my intent to purchase suits that I didn’t think I’d see on anyone else at any particular time (living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin). It’s not that I had goo-gobs of money to spend on one-of-a-kinds; [...]
It’s a Bittersweet Mother’s Day
Posted by KWiz on May 13th, 2007
Today is the first Mother’s Day I will not be celebrating with my Mommy. She passed away last July 26th of cancer at 77. I miss her so much. Since my mom passed, what most often entered my mind about her is her final days. I frequently think about the pain she endured – in [...]
What about the Mother of the Murderer?
Posted by KWiz on April 19th, 2007
I’ve not wanted to write about the shooting at Virginia Tech on Monday simply because it’s all over the airwaves – online, print, television, cable. There’s not much I’ve wanted to say about it. Frankly, I can’t bear to watch the news coverage of this horrendous, callous incident. As a teacher, though, my students wanted [...]
I am thankful for… INTUITION
Posted by KWiz on April 17th, 2007
I am thankful for the gift of intuition. In fact, I am on a quest to reclaim my intuitive sense. Really, I hadn’t developed it all that well in the past (interestingly enough, it never crossed my mind that it ought to be developed in the first place). Yet, in reclaiming my own self (as [...]
Why Do We Pound Them Into The Ground?
Posted by KWiz on February 21st, 2007
As a high school teacher of Biblical studies, I try to provide an environment where my students can discuss any topic and know they are in a safe environment to do so. Today, though, for a time, my students wanted to rag on teachers they’ve had in the past. As I listened for a few moments, I [...]
Is the Institution of Marriage Dead?
Posted by KWiz on January 18th, 2007
It was the big news story Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Due to several factors, according to Sam Roberts of the New York Times, “51 percent of [American] women are now living without a spouse,” indicating we can no longer “assume that marriage is the main institution that organizes people’s lives.” As I heard the network [...]
The Woman Beside the Man – Dora McDonald
Posted by KWiz on January 14th, 2007
“Beside every great man is a great woman,” my husband frequently muses. He reminds me often, ”a woman is a man’s most valuable resource.” Dora McDonald, a great ”behind the scenes” woman, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 81. In 1960, she was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary. Nevertheless, she was much [...]
