by Carol A. Josel | Nov 21, 2022 | Carol A Josel
Someone dies, we pause, mourn, and somehow move on, though nothing is ever the same again. Loss: I know it quite well. Gone from me are my husband, my sister, my young nephew, both of my parents, countless relatives and friends, too… Well-meaning folks said things...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 12, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Parenting
Seems we’re all on the digital bandwagon, obliviously glued to our screens, allowing tech companies to crawl into our homes and classrooms all to great applause. Costly and not just dollar-wise, in many instances, screens have compromised our kids’ well-being and...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 4, 2022 | Carol A Josel
Pot, cannabis, marijuana, grass, Mary Jane, weed, bammy: Whatever name you give it, it’s been a headliner for several years, especially since November 2012 when Colorado legalized it for adults 21 and older—a marijuana first, but not the only one. That’s because...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 29, 2022 | Articles
In Anxious People, author Fredrik Backman writes, “She could see winter making itself comfortable across the town. She liked the silence of this time of year but had never appreciated its smugness. When the snow arrives autumn has already done all the work, taking...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 19, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Making Education News
The pandemic may be fading but not its academic aftereffects… **** According to Attendance Works, 16 million students missed at least 18 days of school in the 2021-21 school year, twice as many as before the pandemic. That means that 33% of kids were chronically...
