I could tell by Monday afternoon that a not so nice cold was beginning to take over my system.  Mind you I am pretty astute when it comes to how I feel so once my energy level goes down below 95%, I know it.  So back to Monday afternoon…the throat is getting scratchy and I’m [...]

The whole premise behind customer service is very simple…if you want to have customers and if you want to keep customers then provide them with the service that they deserve especially when you claim to be such a high end dealer who services expensive German automobiles.  Really…is that just too much to ask. I’m specifically [...]

The reactions and responses continue regarding the Rhode Island and Central Falls High School shake up…in another article entitled “R.I. School Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President” by Steven Greenhouse and Sam Dillion, “…two unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, were so angry in the hours after Mr. Obama first endorsed [...]

Just read an article by Jay Mathews entitled, “Life Habits Schools Can Teach”.   He’s got 8 concepts listed in this article from organization, music, teamwork, exercise, friendship, arguing, thinking critically, and presentation.  Whew!  Now I think these concepts are stellar and should be something that students learn and learn well during the course of their [...]

I’m not going to make any detailed comments on either team or talk about their season’s stats or X’s and O’s for that matter…this blog is really about looking past the game itself and exploring the overall concepts that anyone can take away…even those who don’t either like football nor watch it.  Today’s game is [...]

This article was written by Jack Gillum and Greg Toppo entitled “Failure Rate for AP Tests Climbing.” So my question is do we live in a world of “line drawn down the middle” realities? Now there’s another article I came across written by Jay Mathews entitled “Class Struggle.” When you take into consideration the myriad [...]

My blog today is in response to this article is entitled, “Colleges Market Easy, No-Fee Sell to Applicants” by Jacques Steinberg. It looks like several colleges are now using the concept of quick ‘n easy!  Or is it quick ‘n easy?  Instead of drowning in those cumbersome layers of college application papers and essays, some [...]

Marian Manuel from the MM Group posed this question on LinkedIn What lessons from your first job do you still use today? 1.  you are dealing with people not companies 2.  always be willing to learn more than you need to 3.  no matter what you do…make it count 4.  take criticism with grace; it’s [...]

So here are some things I’m looking forward to this weekend… my 18 week old puppy will be graduating from kindergarten I’ve been dying to see “Avatar” and the plan is a matinee.  I’m so behind in my movies NFL conference championships! visiting our puppy’s 1st parents and siblings on Sunday at Legend Akitas…she’s going [...]

This was one article that I just had to blog about and I’m pretty certain there will be many more folks who will want to chime in on this one…here goes…the article I’m referring to is written by Ian Urbina entitled “As School Exit Tests Prove Tough, States Ease Standards”. Every time we change (and [...]