A Guest Post by Sol Smith
The idea of institutionalized education is something that I have dedicated much of my life to. I have a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing and am a few short semesters away from a Doctorate of Education. While I teach students how to write for a living, there are aspects […]

In a recent post, Rick Cockrum asked the question, Can You Spell Bibliophile? Rick, thanks for the question. 
My love affair with books goes back to my earliest memories. I can’t imagine a world without real tangible books you can hold in your hands.
Books are my DOC (Drug of Choice)
I cherish my memories of…
Sitting next to my […]

Are children today getting enough contact with the natural world? Do they still dig in the dirt, build forts, and observe the animals frolic in the trees? Do you remember the hours of fun you had in the woods with just a stick and your imagination? With all of our technology and entertainment it is easy for children to miss out on the natural outdoor […]

This is a true story you can use to stress the importance of education to your children.
When I was 19 I worked for a seafood restaurant as a prep cook, but specifically, I sliced and hand peeled thousands of individual shrimp 12-14 hours a day, six days a week.
We were a bunch of 18-30 year-old […]

Paul Tough wrote a phenomenal article for the New York Times magazine in which he tells the story of Ruby Payne who harnessed the Law of Attraction to start a multi-million dollar business, change her life, and fight poverty.
By accident, over thirty years ago, she discovered vast differences in the way poor, middle class, and […]

What kind of person could you get to run a small business if you told them that when they came in they couldn’t get rid of people that they thought weren’t any good? Not really great ones because if you’re really smart you go, ‘I can’t win.’ – Steve Jobs refering to public schools

The only […]

Do you have questions about intelligence?

What does it mean to be intelligent?
Why are so many highly intelligent people unhappy?
What is the link between high intelligence and insanity?
Why don’t precocious children become successful adults?
Why do so many people with below average intelligence think they are highly intelligent?
Why do so many highly intelligent people have low self-esteem?
Can […]

In 10 Things I Wish I had Never Believed – I said I wished I had never believed a person couldn’t be successful without a college degree and went on to post the follow up 10 Tips to Secure a Management Position Without a College Degree.
A new book on this subject was released this month […]

I am about share with you a powerful discovery I made about myself. I write about it with the desire that this self-discovery will be as valuable to you as it was to me.
I think there is something strange about the way I learn. I just began to figure this out in the last three […]

“It has been said that whoever asks about our childhood wants to know something about our soul. Society must take time to inquire.” - Isa Helfield 2001
Let me bare my soul for you.
When you read about the problems with American education, you usually read statistics about literacy and dropout rates. But those statistics don’t do […]