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The Secret to Living a Life of Mastery 0
- Entertainment
- April 13, 2017
In his classic book on practice, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment, George Leonard observes how many of us have conditioned ourselves to think life is an “endless series of climatic moments.” Writing in the early 90s, Leonard observed television commercials, “The race is run and won; beautiful young people jump up and
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Why Parents Should Play With Their Children 0
- Culture
- April 13, 2017
Recently, I’ve come to a realisation: I need to play more with my 10-month old daughter. When she was little, I would put her in her bouncer or on her mat, within view of me and whatever I was doing. Now that she’s crawling, she follows me as I move around the house doing this
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Music for Easter & Holy Week: Ten Classical Pieces 0
- Culture
- April 13, 2017
Though Handel’s Messiah rightly reigns supreme as the king of music for Easter, there are many other seasonal masterpieces that deserve to be heard more often. Here are ten lesser-known classical works that brilliantly depict the dramatic events of Holy Week and Easter Sunday. 1. “Resurrexit” from the Messe Solennelle, by Hector Berlioz (1824) The
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How Adjunct College Teaching is Like Slave Labor 0
- Economics
- April 13, 2017
The Hollywood image of the university professor as a tweed blazer, button-up wearing young urban professional with plenty of disposable income is an enduring one. If only it were true. The image defies reality, at least for the vast majority of college professors. On most college and university campuses today, more than half are referred to
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Thomas Edison Would Have Been Given Adderall Today 1
- Education
- April 13, 2017
“The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.” – Thomas Edison In 1855, when he
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Why an Epidemic of Lonely Children is Upon Us 0
- Culture
- April 13, 2017
A recent headline in the Telegraph ran as follows: “Thousands of children receive counselling for loneliness.” The article goes on to explain how the British counseling service, Childline, has seen an uptick in the number of children seeking help for their feelings of isolation from both friends and family. According to the Telegraph, Childline lists
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