Category Archives: Education

The Future of Education in America?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Myra
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BufferOn March 23rd, in New York, there’s going to be a panel discussion on The Future of Education in America, hosted by The New Yorker Promotions Department and The University of Phoenix, according to a full-page ad in the Digital … Continue reading →

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Good Job Mom

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Myra

My dear friend realized a lifelong dream when she married a lovely guy about six years ago, and became a step-mother to his son and daughter. They were eight and seven at the time. Two little precocious, blond-haired, blue-eyed cherubs. … Continue reading →

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The Happiest Woman in Costa Rica

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Myra

The happiest woman in Costa Rica got depressed this week. She hasn’t won any happiness contests that I know of, so her title is informal. What makes her think she’s the happiest woman in Costa Rica? I don’t know, but … Continue reading →

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Greed is good, so is ignorance (not)

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Myra

Tom Wolfe’s novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, introduced me to the phrase, masters of the universe. Wolfe’s novel opened my eyes to the immensity of corruption and greed within our financial and political systems. That same year, Michael Douglas … Continue reading →

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It could happen: we could wake up

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Myra

I’ve just read a piece in the New York Times about the stiff competition among Ivy League graduates for a berth in Teach for America, a program designed to recruit and train teachers for poor, urban schools: <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/education/12winerip.html?scp=2&sq=education&st=cse> When Ivy … Continue reading →

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