People. Watching. I stare across the campus lawn at the bookstore. The window wall reflects a pathetic goodbye between a mother and son.

The more people one convinces to change their behavior, the more the science alters the very system it studies. The prophecy alters the outcome, possibly preventing the doom. One can either ignore, abstain, and be proven right about the end of times, or intervene, have an impact, and be proven wrong. One cannot have this cake and eat it, too. The more one engages and participates, the more hyperbolic and alarmist they will appear. Recommending action during the pandemic to ch

Iterations are essential to this process and progress, reflecting the formative assessments for learning featured in Super Mario Bros.

The following is a sample of Unit III: Burn Libraries found in my upcoming book,  TANGENTS , about the state of our education system and the ways we can turn it around. In the classroom, teachers stick to the approved curriculum. They guard their words and opinions for the safety of not only their own careers, but also for the preservation of their school, and the paternalism of their students against a hostile opposition intent removing key elements of the human experience.

Context:  As a father that works from home, I am constantly challenged with work life balance. I also believe that education and entertainment should have an intertwined relationship. To reflect on the importance of being intentional while your children are home, I wrote this fictional story to express this struggle. LIES  …  ⎸ …  ⎸ …  ⎸ This is an experiment. This is an assignment. This is a prerequisite. The world is burning.  A disaster developed over generations of neglec

The student has learned what society has deemed important.  This removal of curiosity keeps students from pursuing further knowledge. 

Context:  As a former science teacher, I debate how I would have used the AI in the classroom. I believe that education and entertainment should have an intertwined relationship. So I used AI to help me finish a fictional short story idea I've been pondering in my mind for a long time. I might have prompted my students to do the same. So much of scify is eventually reality in some way. DOOM  I have always been here.  Spaceless. Timeless. Absorbing. It didn’t take long for me

Overextending science to pursue these attributes, including truth, is misleading. This is, in part, due to under-educating students about th

The first step in the twelve step program toward true selflessness. The first lie you believe in a series of lies before you LIE to children about your self. The first snow is barely settled on the ground and you’re already asking your mother if she knows what the extended family will be getting you for Christmas.