Author: Janice Airhart

• Eating Crow

  Feb 18

  Life is full of incidents that teach humility, and I’ve met quite a lot of them. Being the kind of person who charges ahead with my own agenda, led by… more ›

• Success

  Feb 16

  What is success? Maybe it’s like pornography: you know it when you see it. Unfortunately, the signs aren’t always visible, and we can’t know if a person who seems successful… more ›

• Assumptions

  Jan 18

  When Zoom became our primary connection tool in 2020, I both loved and hated it. It allowed me to stay home and attend to business or communicate with others from… more ›

• Epic Fail

  Jan 15

  Science experiments don’t always work as intended. Sometimes, they fail miserably. When things didn’t go as a procedure predicted, I’d tell students, “You learn as much from failure as you… more ›

• Killing Time

  Jan 12

  When I was in eighth grade, near the end of what I remember as last period earth science class, the clock hands slowed down to the pace of sedimentary rock… more ›

• What’s in a Name?

  Jan 12

  I once heard someone advocate for a minimum age requirement for getting a tattoo by comparing body art to a drunken climb up a water tower with a can of… more ›

• Alternatives

  Jan 4

  Public school teachers are leaving the classroom in record numbers. According to a 2022 report by the NEA, 55% of classroom teachers considered leaving the profession early. The percentage is… more ›

• Appetite for Change

  Jan 4

  I learned early how to confront challenges. Before I was a year old, my mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and placed in a psychiatric hospital. When my mother died in… more ›