Posts Tagged as ‘cognitive development’

March 8, 2010

When Everybody’s/Nobody’s Special: The Problem of Self-Esteem

“Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful [...]

December 21, 2009

This Day in History 12/21: The Birth of the Crossword Puzzle

If you’ve ever thrown down a pencil at frustration at the New York Times, today’s post is right up your alley.
Today we celebrate the birthday of the crossword puzzle, that criss-cross table of craziness and insanity that has distracted commuters and early risers at Sunday breakfast for decades.  There are two stories to the birth [...]

October 7, 2009

Where the Environment Matters: the legacy of the Milton Hershey School

Sometimes those ideals that have been ignored for years can still work—in spite of efforts to undermine them.
I was privileged to attend a screening of Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Cynthia Wade’s newest film, a documentary about the Milton Hershey School.  The film, at least partially, proved two things for me: (a) there are people in [...]