Tag: School

  • I ordered the usual

    I ordered the usual

    On a trip to the campus bookstore on the last day of residency, I rush to get clothes and coffee before our final workshop starts.

  • Our teens are overcommitted. Here’s Why.

    Our teens are overcommitted. Here’s Why.

    Mental health, anxiety, depression. Teens are facing more challenges than ever. Because we made it this way.

  • Going to School

    Going to School

    The purpose of school is to learn. Not to avoid learning. So why then do we so often choose to avoid learning?

  • (Extra) Curricular

    (Extra) Curricular

    We offer our high school students a variety of extra-curricular activities. But little about it is truly optional.

  • Proof We’re Insane Over Sex and Politics

    Proof We’re Insane Over Sex and Politics

    A student at a Catholic school was forced to remove a sticker from her computer and the school is oblivious to the irony. Proof we’re totally insane over politics. A student at a Connecticut Catholic school was told to remove a sticker from her laptop. A Catholic student was told by her school to remove…

  • Why We Chose to Send Our Son to Kindergarten

    Why We Chose to Send Our Son to Kindergarten

    Every parent wants the best for their kid. We want them to have every opportunity and live the life of their dreams. We want them to have every chance at success. We want it so bad. But do we ever stop to ask if our hopes for them are the right hopes or our sense…

  • Why Can’t I Get My Kid To the Bus On Time?

    Why Can’t I Get My Kid To the Bus On Time?

    I get up early. I shower. I wake her up. We eat breakfast. We do this every single day. So why do we fail at this one task: actually getting to the bus stop on time? It shouldn’t be that hard, really. And yet it really is the hardest part of the day. Every morning.…

  • Please protect my kid!

    Like many parents of Kindergartners, we walked our daughter to school for her very first day. Unlike most of the parents around us, we were scared of the thousands of little interactions: the other students, the teachers, the staff. Anyone of them could kill her. And when we left her there, we weren’t confident that…