Hunter Boylan and Barbara Bonham believe the key to implementing effective developmental education is the integration of courses and support services that are “grounded in what we know about how adults learn and how they develop their cognitive and affective skills and characteristics” (vi). Boylan cites classic research by Bloom who estimates that a quarter of…
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Hi, I’m Terry, an experienced educator passionate about writing, as well as my family and friends, nature and travel, health and wellness, mindfulness and meditation, and humor of all kinds.
Household Rebranding Agreement Reached
After intense negotiations, the items formerly known as Junk Drawers will now be called Keepers of Miscellaneous Objects. “This name is more reflective of the important service they provide,” says Pancake Flipper Spatula, steward for the Union of Household Matters, “but without the negative connotations and their potential to set this membership back years, if not…
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I was my family’s first child, first daughter, first grandchild. Every day my mother put a spoonful of Karo Syrup in my bottles of milk to keep my system moving and filled them with sugar water in between. My grandfather topped them off with red Kool-Aid and took me for long rides in his pickup truck. They doted…
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Pick a sprig of anger, fresh when plucked in full bloom, and place its small yet precious self across the bottom of the bowl. Then, add seedlings, tender rose-colored resentment, hurt, resignation, pulled from the soil moments before fully taking root. Sprinkle on carefully measured heaps of our favorite flavors, selecting perhaps guilt, shame, perfectionism,…
Read MoreEmerging from my Media Cocoon: The Top Five Reasons I Started a Website
While I’m certainly no Luddite and definitely embrace technologies of all kinds, I’ve never been one to put myself out there in the online social media world. Sure, like many good people, I have an outdated, practically abandoned Linked In profile desperately in need of updating, but Tic Toc and my own YouTube channel are…
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