We are approaching the end of the semester and kids are "suddenly" concerned with how their grades are doing. This is a serious issue. When a teacher plans for information to be learned throughout a semester, there is no possible way it could be learned in a couple of weeks. Mastery of the subject is… Continue reading Adulting 101 – Time Management
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It’s Time to Bring Back and Rethink Home Economic Classes
Sorry to burden you all again, but it's time to get out the soap box about education again. I've done a fair bit of stomping for the arts in past posts. Be sure to go back and check them out here and here and here. I am a definite fan of music and theatre in the… Continue reading It’s Time to Bring Back and Rethink Home Economic Classes
Lion King – a Circle of Life
As I contemplated what I should write about for Theatre Thursday, it dawned on me that I had not truly written about my experience with Lion King Jr. at Central High School. A major slip on my part. LOL. Okay... I wrote about painting the floor here. I wrote about carving the foam set here.… Continue reading Lion King – a Circle of Life
We the People
This morning I observed a city council meeting that the entire senior and junior classes were invited to listen and to comment. A couple of things caught my attention. 1) It was apparent that many of these kids do not understand what city government can do vs what is the responsibility of other governmental agencies.… Continue reading We the People
Adulting 101 – Cleaning the Bathroom
I just walked into my teenager's bathroom... There are a few Japanese folklore stories where a number of spirits are rumored to appear in bathrooms... What lurks in your bathroom? As you may have noticed from the last Adulting 101 post, your bathroom is disgusting. To my knowledge, there is NOT a self cleaning bathroom… Continue reading Adulting 101 – Cleaning the Bathroom
Adulting 101 – Cleaning up the Crap
The peaceful evening was broken with a panicked, "Mom. Mom. Mom! The toilet is overflowing." Okay. Deal with it. Dude! There is going to be a day when you and your parents don't live in the same household. There will be a moment when you finish doing your business and flush your toilet, and the… Continue reading Adulting 101 – Cleaning up the Crap
Unlocking Potential Through Theater Education
Studying theatre can be a great starting point for careers such as teaching, law, and politics, not to mention broadcasting and performing. If this is the case why are classes in the performing arts the first classes on the chopping block when budgets get tight. This week I had the opportunity to speak to the… Continue reading Unlocking Potential Through Theater Education
Adulting 101 –
Perhaps you have heard the saying, "measure twice, cut once." This is a phrase I use all the time in a scene shop. However, I am finding more and more students "come close" and yet, "close" is not really good enough. It is just guessing. The consequence of "guessing" is wasted material... and money... You… Continue reading Adulting 101 –
Adulting 101
I am afraid that we, as adults, have not fully prepared our teens to be adults. I am more and more aware the we have not created Generation XYZ. We have created Generation Lacking. I'm not talking about lacking in material things. In fact, having so many material things has contributed to a lack of… Continue reading Adulting 101