by Carol A. Josel | Jun 16, 2022 | Articles, Carol A Josel, Quotable Quotes
There’s something about a good quote. Some resonate and stay with us for a long time, others make us nod in agreement—or not—while others make us smile at their simple truths. Among my favorites… ** “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 13, 2022 | Academics, Articles, Carol A Josel, Parenting, Research Results
Devices rule. Students nowadays shuffle down crowded hallways, eyes glued to mobiles as they make their way to class and pile in, thumbs still tapping away. Settling in, they reach into bookbags, but, instead of a textbook and notebook, Chromebooks land on their...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 28, 2022 | Carol A Josel
So, when folks talk about “the good old days,” I believe they mean, as Joan Abbott wrote, the generation… “Of Kids who did their homework alone to get out asap to play in the street. When kids spent all their free time in the streets with their friends. Of kids who...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 23, 2021 | Carol A Josel, Commentary
“Random acts of kindness are those little sweet or grand lovely things we do for no reason except that, momentarily, the best of our humanity has sprung, exquisitely, into full bloom… You are doing what the best of your human soul invites you to do…...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 26, 2021 | Carol A Josel
Believing that teaching is supposed to be: well-versed and subject-centered, not political, brings me to columnist Catherine Rampbell’s, “Priceless Lessons from My Sixth-Grade English Teacher.” In the piece, she gives Mr. Greco “much of the credit (or,...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 27, 2021 | Carol A Josel
On September 14, 2021, The Union League Legacy Foundation unveiled a new painting, a portrait of the great abolitionist and patriot Frederick Douglass. The event comes during a time when Douglass’ beliefs and values, including natural rights, limited government and...