This morning, my husband, Manchild, was interviewed by best-selling author Laurie Beth Jones (Jesus, CEO; The Path; Jesus in Blue Jeans; and others) on Blog Talk Radio. The interview is 16 minutes. Take a listen. Enjoy.
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Understanding the “Man Box”
Posted by KWiz on December 15th, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Lost Generation
Posted by KWiz on October 19th, 2010
I haven’t posted in quite a long time, not on a regular basis, as you can see. Life got in the way (this is not a bad thing at all). See, I’m a wife of almost 10 years (yea!), a mother over 6 years, a teacher over 10 years, you get the idea. And your [...]
America’s New Deadly Obsession
Posted by KWiz on January 31st, 2010
I’m guilty. Yes, I have talked on my cell while driving. Yes, I thought I had it under control. And while I didn’t text while driving (now THAT one I don’t quite understand), I would, periodically, start a text at a stop light, stop when I began moving, and try to continue the text at [...]
“Growing Up Online”
Posted by KWiz on January 22nd, 2008
As many of you know, I teach high school – grades 9 and 12. As they often share with me different aspects of their lives, I am increasingly flabbergasted at the amount of time children spend online. I am actually floored that their way of making friends and interacting with those friends is no longer [...]
What Are We Teaching Our Children?
Posted by KWiz on May 6th, 2007
My daughter will be 3 years old on May 20th. I am so excited! I see her personality developing each day, her sense of independence, her vocabulary – it’s so incredibly amazing! My husband and I try to teach our daughter how to make good choices. Even though she is (and will be) an only [...]
Let me give you some constructive criticism…
Posted by KWiz on May 2nd, 2007
I’m in the home stretch now. As a teacher, I look forward to this time of the year. At the school at which I teach, seniors complete classes a full two weeks before graduation, although they take exams during that two week period. Underclassmen complete classes and exams on Friday, May 25th. Tomorrow, I will [...]
I am thankful for…honesty in the midst of opportunistic journalism
Posted by KWiz on April 18th, 2007
As we all know, an horrific tragedy occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16th. I cannot imagine being the parent of any of the children who lost their lives that day. I can only extend condolences and prayers to the families of the victims, to those still fighting for their lives, [...]
I am thankful for…books! But I’m afraid that…
Posted by KWiz on April 16th, 2007
In my Friday Favorites for the week ending April 6th, I committed to posting that for which I am thankful in response to a post written by Ang at Ang4Him. Unfortunately, last week I felt compelled to write about some different things, yet, I continually thought about what I was grateful for. So I begin [...]
