ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
What loves drives them to do
/It isn’t that those who love you ignore your inadequacies. They will, instead, pitch in to help and cheer you along. They will allow you the opportunity to grow and chances to fail. This is what love drives them to do.
A Simple Trick, Scout
/“If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—"
“Sir?”
“—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Articles of Interest - June 18
/***JOURNALISM
Americans and the News Media: What they do — and don’t — understand about each other American Press Institute
In The Quest For Comment, Hurry Up And Wait NPR
Do journalists deserve some blame for America’s mass shootings? Quill
You’re probably not quoting enough women. Let us help you. Columbia Journalism Review
Doxxing, assault, death threats: the new dangers facing US journalists covering extremism The Guardian
What should count as breaking news in text alerts? NPR
With its Facebook Watch news show, Alabama’s Reckon wants to make a national audience care about local news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
As Newspapers Disappear, Local Governments Become Less Fiscally Responsible, Says New Study Forbes
What Research on ‘Measurable Journalism’ Tells Us About Tech, Cultural Shifts in Digital Media PBS Media Shift
NPR (yet again) writes uncritically about ketamine for mental illness NPR
Tiny Alabama Town tries to stop Media from attending City Council meetings without Council Approval—gets national attention, backs down Jackson County Sentinel
Meet the victims of violence against journalists Quill
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
'LA Times' New Owner Plans To Compete With 'New York Times,' 'Washington Post' NPR
More suitors line up as Tronc sells California newspapers New York Times
***FAKE NEWS
‘The real horror is not knowing what to believe’: Scenes from the Fake News Horror Show Columbia Journalism Review
Nine takeaways from Knight-supported research on restoring trust in news Medium
Can a Chrome plugin help solve the fake news problem? Columbia Journalism Review
Telling the difference between factual and opinion statements in the news Pew Research Center
How To Tell Whether A News Source Is Credible Action 4 Media Education
Wikipedia vandalism could thwart hoax-busting on Google, YouTube and Facebook Poynter
Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements? Pew Research Center
***TECHNOLOGY
MIT Engineers Build Magnetic 3D-Printed Structures That Can Change Shape Near-Instantaneously Digg
Blockchain visually explained Flowing Data
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pedestrian Lane for ‘Smartphone Zombies’ Opens Up in China NBC New York
How to Pose for a Photograph New York Times
Instagram Will No Longer Alert Users About Screenshots Teen Vogue
A state-by-state breakdown of Facebook users impacted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal Business Insider
If You’re A Facebook User, You’re Also a Research Subject Bloomberg
Facebook’s Perennial ‘Potential’ in Local Street Fighting
***PRIVACY
Increased amounts of data and surveillance are transforming justice systems Economist
It is hard now to avoid street-level surveillance Economist
Police can bypass encryption and monitor anything Economist
***INTERNET
The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results LifeHacker
***BIG DATA & AI
A python library that lets programmers and software developers easily integrate object detection with as little as 10 lines of code Towards Data Science
DeepMind AI learns to reconstruct scenes from images Axios
The promise and peril of big-data justice-can algorithms accurately predict where crime will occur? Economist
The world may soon be awash in advanced, lethal drones Public Integrity
***PERSONAL GROWTH
5 internal contributions to anger Becoming (my blog)
Gossiping Is Good The surprising virtues of talking behind people’s backs (opinion) The Atlantic
How to Avoid a Life of Regret LifeHacker
***WRITING & READING
‘New York Times’ Gets Rid of Copy Editors; Mistakes Ensue The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Princeton Graduate wins Harvard Thesis Prize, kind of: Plagiarism hits the Ivy Leagues Archinect
***LANGUAGE
Imposter syndrome and pansexual among new words added to oxford English dictionary Independent
What does it mean to “bear arms”? Big Data Chimes in Economist
Inside Amazon's painstaking pursuit to teach Alexa French Wired
‘Fudging’ in Flight: Dubbed Movies on Airplanes Chronicle of Higher Ed
How language shapes the way we think (video) TED talk
***LITERATURE
88 books to enjoy this summer: the TED reading list TED
***GENDER
The US gender gap in math is starkest in the richest, whitest school districts Quartz
10 New or Lesser-Known Female Theologians Worth Knowing Christianity Today
Domestic Violence Expert Resigns From NFL Players Association Commission NPR
Canada moves to make its national anthem gender-neutral CNN
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
A Hidden Strength of Minority-Serving Colleges: Meeting Students Where They Are The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Harvard records show discrimination against Asian-Americans Reuters
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages: A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her LA Times
***FREE SPEECH
No Consensus on Free Speech Inside Higher Ed
Snowflakes and Free Speech on Campus Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
How a Legal Brawl Between Two Rich Guys Could Change How We Think About DNA Gizmodo
Librarian sues Equifax—gets surprise win VT Digger
Twitter and the First Amendment in court Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Charitable giving in US tops $400 billion for first time AP News
A growing social movement is trying to bring scientific rigour to philanthropy Economist
Teaching Children To Ask The Big Questions Without Religion NPR
An all-white church intended to give its building to a black congregation. The plan fell apart. Washington Post
Why many white evangelicals are not protesting family separations on the U.S. border Washington Post
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Wave of scandals confront Southern Baptists CNN
Georgia Baptist church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over racial discrimination charges The Tennessean
Pence Speech Riles Some As Southern Baptists' Moderates Gain Strength NPR
A Lot of Southern Baptist Leaders Are Upset at Mike Pence’s Convention Speech Relevant Magazine Relevant Magazine
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Sessions cites Bible to defend immigration policies resulting in family separations CNN
Evangelicals Push Back On Sessions' Use Of Bible Passage To Defend Immigration Policy NPR
What the Bible really says about government (opinion) The Week
Religious Groups Criticize Trump Immigration Policies NPR
***MEGACHURCHES
The rise and fall of a Seattle megachurch through the eyes of an anthropologist KUOW
***GOOD NEWS
'Our valedictorian:' Wake County family buys massive billboard space to congratulate son WRAL
Man on mission to mow lawns for free in all 50 states stops in Nashville Fox 17
Note to Daddy: Young sisters send balloon to Heaven, receive incredible answer KHOU
Woman saves pregnant mother, 3-year-old boy from drowning in pool The Indy Channel
***ART & DESIGN
New design tools on the block UX Design
What to consider when choosing colors for data visualization Data Wrapper
***FILM
The Problem With DC Action Scenes (video) Nerdwriter1
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
After Tronc: Here are 5 corporate rebranding disasters you probably forgot about Fast Company
Best YouTube Videos of All Time, Ranked Thrillist
The ad industry’s top buzzwords in 2018 Quartz
***STUDENT MEDIA
If restaurants ran like college papers, diners would starve to death JournoTerrorist
***STUDENT LIFE
This College Student Gave a Presentation on Wakanda That Fooled His Professor io9
Teen sex and drug use at lowest rates in decades, CDC finds CBS News
Google Wants to Play a Bigger Role in Your College Search—Here’s What You Need to Know The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Younger generations make up a majority of the electorate, but may not be a majority of voters this November Pew Research
Fire Dept Rescues College Student who Climbed Tree (and didn’t know how to get down) Fox 6
Leaked Memo From Conservative Group Cautions Students to Stay Away From Turning Point USA The Chronicle of Higher Ed
You people are the worst! Millennials now blamed for bad tipping USA Today
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Cut these 5 outdated things from your resume Moneyish
Lawsuits and #MeToo changed internships — for the better Quill
10 smart women give advice to this year's interns Pardot
Recent Film Grads, Welcome to the Gig Economy Video Strategist
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
What happens when complaints by angry students go viral and how the university responded The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Scholars heard the NYU professor was under a Title IX investigation. They threw support behind her The Chronicle of Higher Ed
A student filed the lawsuit this week against a Florida fraternity alleged to have shared videos taken without permission Washington Post
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Suicide rates are increasing in almost every state Axios
U.S. Abortion Attitudes Remain Closely Divided Gallup
Suicide Rates In The U.S. Are Climbing Faster Among Women Than Men NPR
Georgia Court Green Lights Snapchat Speeding Selfie Lawsuit The Newspaper
Facebook Plans to Team Up With 15 Community Colleges. What Will That Entail? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Millionaires Now Own Half of World's Personal Wealth Bloomberg
***ENVIRONMENT
To avoid humans, more wildlife now work the night shift The Conversation
***HEALTH
Why eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist Quartz
Does Vitamin D Really Protect Against Colorectal Cancer? NPR
What consumer DNA data can and can’t tell you about disease risk Science News
Why STDs are soaring in America Economist
Depression and suicide risk are side effects of more than 200 common drugs Vox
Viruses love what we’ve done with the planet Quartz
***HEALTH RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
How AI is improving the speed and precision of medical treatments Economist
Two studies: Some CRISPR-edited cells may lead to tumors Stat News
New medical device auto-deploys treatment during heart attacks to halt heart failure MIT
Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits NPR
***FAMILY
7 facts about American dads Pew Research
The Dangers of Distracted Parenting: parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own The Atlantic
***PSYCHOLOGY
Many Common Drugs May Be Making People Depressed NPR
The Lifespan of a Lie: Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment? Medium
Alternate Rom-Com Endings if the Heroines had Therapists The Bella Donna Comedy
IQ scores are falling and have been for decades CNN
A new study ranks US states in order of psychopathy Quartz
***NEUROSCIENCE
We now know what a spiritual awakening looks like inside the brain Big Think
Brains May Teeter Near Their Tipping Point Quanta Magazine
***PHILOSOPHY
The Philosopher as Bad Dad (opinion) New York Times
Personalism is the philosophy we need (opinion) New York Times
A philosopher thinks technology could make anarchists’ dreams come true Quartz
***HISTORY
History gets a conservative twist in Michigan social studies standards Briggemi
***RESEARCH
Publishers can ensure that citations of zombie publications are caught Nature
Deciding what to replicate Pedermisager
What happens when researchers make mistakes Associated Press
***HIGHER ED
Some want to get rid of college majors – here’s how that could go wrong The Conversation
Many States Get Mediocre Grades in 2 Studies of Degree Attainment by Race and Ethnicity The Chronicle of Higher Ed
A small college had removed much of its website—including the names of all faculty and the president’s name Ottawa Citizen
Sweet Briar College Is Placed on ‘Warning’ by Accreditor The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Elon University sued over treatment of donor’s son The Times
***HIGHER ED & FINANCE
Is Congress about to cut nearly $15 billion from student-aid programs? (opinion) Hechinger Report
Beyond Tuition: How Innovations in College Affordability Are (Or Aren’t) Helping Students EdSurge
Michigan Christian university wins suit against abortion-pill mandate Free
***TEACHING
GPAs don’t really show what students learned: Here’s why Washington Post
UCSD Instructor Faces Backlash After She Belittles Student on Class Forum The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING ONLINE
What Do Online Students Want? 3 Findings From a New Survey Offer Some Clues The Chronicle of Higher Ed
EdX introduces support fee for free online courses Inside Higher Ed
Why is YouTube blocking education videos from MIT? Daily Dot
***ACADEMIC LIFE
What Happens When an Adjunct Instructor Wants to Retire? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Disrupting the faculty member evaluation model Education Dive
5 internal contributions to anger
/1-Self-esteem
People who try to be self-sufficient are easily frustrated and angered when they see evidence of their dependence on others. They get angry at themselves for needing others and they get angry at other people for “keeping” them in this weakness.
2-Desire for Power in Relationships
Some people feel threatened by the need to give up power in love relationships. For instance, a batterer may use anger to intimidate others in a quest for power. It’s a way to caution the abused person against using their own power. To avoid rousing their anger, spouses end up tiptoeing around the other to avoid confrontation because the price is too high to pay.
3-Desire to be Perfect
Unrealistic standards must be met for the person to feel worthwhile and accepted.
Whenever there is a perceived loss of perfection, the person becomes depressed (angry with themselves) for small failures. The student who gets a B-plus instead of an A, etc. These people also set up high standards for others to achieve and are quickly judgmental. They are hurt by others who do not join them in the quest for perfection. Even though they may be chronic confessors, but growth comes slow because they don’t want to accept their limitations.
4-Guilt
Unresolved guilt can lead to irritability. People have trouble admitting their faults.
5-Rejection
Rejection leaves people feeling hurt and worthless. When significant others disdain our contributions or act as if we are inferior and unimportant we bolster self-esteem by rejecting others ourselves, using the weapons of anger and hostility. Since it does not heal the relationship or self-esteem, it is a temporary fix.
"I’m just going to go for it, because why not?"
/A few weeks ago a North Dakota plumber lined up to run in his first half-marathon. But Mike Kohler was sleepy. He wasn’t used to getting up so early. And he was wearing headphones. That may explain why he took off 15 minutes before he was supposed to do so—putting him with the runners who were competing in the full marathon. Soon he started seeing signs that indicated he was on the wrong route, but he shrugged off those warnings. Mike assumed the two paths overlapped part of the way.
Eventually, he realized his mistake—but kept going. At the 13 mile mark he seriously thought about quitting. He had run as far as he had planned to run and even beat his time goal. He had nothing more to prove.
Instead, he finished the marathon.
“I’m just going to go for it, because why not?” Mike later told the Grand Forks Herald. “I’m already here, I’m already running, I’m already tired. Might as well try to finish it. He added, ”This just kind of proves you can do a lot more than what you think you can sometimes.”
I learned
/I learned ... that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back - that the essence of life is going forward. Life is really a one-way street, isn't it? -Agatha Christie
The Process
/Don’t think about the national championship. Think about what you needed to do in this drill, on this play, in this moment. That’s the process: Let’s think about what we can do today, the task at hand.
Nick Sabin, Alabama football coach
Articles of Interest - June 11
/***FAKE NEWS
The French Parliament is debating a bill that would attempt to restrain the spread of fake news New York Times
How to use digital tools to archive and verify videos Current
Peer review could have helped short-circuit the Theranos fake news scandal Stat News
4 reasons 'fake news' tricks us and what we can do Futurity
Russian Disinformation Campaign Operates openly in DC The Daily Beast
***JOURNALISM
Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue Pew Research Center
Why is your newsroom so hard to contact? Poynter
Across Western Europe, public news media are widely used and trusted sources of news Pew Research Center
Do journalists make good entrepreneurs? Columbia Journalism Review
Daniel Radcliffe Will Fight for Ethical Journalism in New Broadway Play The Observer
Why wordsmiths matter more than ever in 21st century digital journalism Medium
***JOURNALISM & REPORTING
Governments resist citizens on public records Herald Tribune
Best practices for covering suicide responsibly Poynter
How a major medical meeting uses embargoes to shape the news, and what the consequences may be Health News Review
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
Craigslist founder gives $20 million to journalism school CNN
The role of a reporter is shifting, as are the economics of education. With this new calculus, does journalism school still have a place in our profession? Columbia Journalism Review
***SOCIAL MEDIA
A Facebook bug changed the privacy settings for 14 million users Recode
Snapchat’s decline and the secret joy of internet ghost towns The Verge
***INTERNET
Here are some of the ways you might be doing email newsletters inefficiently (and how to do them better) Harvard Nieman Lab
Encyclopedia Britannica wants to fix false Google results Wired
How The Alt-Right Manipulates The Internet’s Biggest Commenting Platform BuzzFeed
How much is each internet feature worth to you? NPR
Report: Facebook is Primary Referrer For Lifestyle Content, Google Search Dominates Rest Media Post
Flash gets in one more security fail before retirement Wired
***TECHNOLOGY
Is technology bringing history to life or distorting it? Washington Post
The race to send robots to mine the ocean floor Wired
***BIG DATA & AI
Study: AI better than dermatologists at detecting skin cancer CBS News
Why Data Scientists Should Consider Adding ‘IoT Expert’ to Their List of Skills Datanamia
Machine learning can run on tiny, low-power chips, and that this combination will solve a massive number of problems Pete Warden Blog
A team of MIT scientists announced recently that they'd created "the world's first psychopath AI" MIT
Three techniques to improve machine learning model performance with imbalanced datasets Medium
***PERSONAL GROWTH
4 options when dealing with false guilt Becoming (my blog)
5 Ways To Handle Negative Conversations At Work GirlBoss
***GRAMMAR
America's most misspelled words (so far in 2018) CNET
Infinitives Can Be Split: Grammar Conservatives Face the Shock Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Understanding story structure by dissecting Ali Wong’s standup special (a visualization) Pudding
6 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block Chronicle of Higher Ed
How to Copyedit The Atlantic The Atlantic
'Nationalistic' Think Tank Plagiarised Chinese, US, Australian Writings The Wire
***LANGUAGE
Email, the French Way Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Sneaky Theory of Where Language Came From The Atlantic
***LITERATURE
The 100 stories that shaped the world BBC
How Tolkien created Middle-earth The Guardian
The Year of 'Frankenstein' Inside Higher Ed
***GENDER
Charting the rise of three women in journalism Poynter
The Different Words We Use to Describe Male and Female Leaders Harvard Business Review
Book Review: Science and Suffrage in the First World War The London School of Economics & Political Science
The Ninety-Nines Was Amelia Earhart’s Club for Female Aviators Atlas Obscura
***GENDER & RESEARCH
Signing my peer review – unintended consequences and gender Washington University
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The most successful ethnic group in the US may surprise you Ozy
Police Are Being Used To Exclude Black People From Public Places NPR
***FREE SPEECH
Louisiana governor signs campus free speech bill into law The FIRE
How Chinese students exercise free speech abroad Economist
***LEGAL ISSUES
Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your trademark restrictions Boston Globe
Restaurant owner says copyright infringement lawsuit a ‘big scam’ Boston Herald
***RELIGION
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has pulled out of giving key sermon at upcoming convention Washington Post
Sex Offenders Groom Churches Too: How predatory behavior goes undetected in congregations Christianity Today
Bavaria Requires Crosses on All Public Buildings. Church Leaders Disagree Christianity Today
What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t) (opinion) New York Times
Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand religious behavior The Conversation
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The legislative assault by Christian nationalists to reshape America The Guardian
***RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE
CrossFit Just Fired Its Spokesperson Who Said LGBT Pride Is A “Sin” BuzzFeed
Brownsburg teacher says transgender name policy goes against his religious beliefs Indy Star
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptism BBC
5 facts about religion in India Pew Research Center
The surprising history of “God Bless America” Washington Post
***GOOD NEWS
Man Finds $1 Million Winning Lottery Ticket—and Tracks Down the Lucky Owner: 'It Felt Good' People
This NFL Player Saw an American Airlines Passenger In Trouble. His Stunning Reaction Went Viral Inc.
4-year-old superhero using his power to feed the homeless CBS News
Man mistakenly runs full Fargo marathon instead of half Grand Forks Herald
Toddler makes 911 call after mom passes out KTRK
Youth football team meets with couple they helped rescue from overturned car Idaho Statesman
***ART & DESIGN
How Century old Design Decisions Impact Teaching Today NPR
The Art World Is Easy to Dislike—Here Are Some Reasons Not to New York Times
***MUSIC
The musical diversity of pop songs Pudding
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Next year, people will spend more time online than they will watching TV—That’s a first Recode
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Need an entry-level job at a store? It can be harder now Associated Press
What editors at NPR, BuzzFeed News, Deadspin look for in an applicant The Atlantic
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
The problem of sexual harassment in higher education isn’t a new one Splinter News
Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Is More Common Than You Think Daily Infographic
Hiring a Diversity Officer Is Only the First Step: Here Are the Next 7 Chronicle of Higher Ed
#MeToo Complaints Swamp Human Resources Departments NPR
Why Do Colleges Keep Failing to Prevent Abuse? Inside Higher Ed
A valedictorian went off-script to talk about sexual assault: Then her school cut her mic USA Today
The results of a survey that asked men about everything from workplace harassment to consent Glamour
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Where killings go unsolved: See interactive map of major US cities Washington Post
What researchers found after analyzing data gathered from 20 million stops in North Carolina CityLab
ICE Came for a Tennessee Town’s Immigrants. The Town Fought Back New York Times
***ENVIRONMENT
***HEALTH
The Belt That Listens to Your Bowels New Yorker
The World’s Largest GMO Study Was Launched By Russians In 2014: Then It Disappeared BuzzFeed News
Almost 40% of peer-reviewed dietary research turns out to be wrong. Here’s why New Food Economy
How Science Helps the Warriors Sleep Their Way to Success Wired
***FAMILY
How much screen time is too much for kids? The Guardian
New findings on "marshmallow test" Inside Higher Ed
Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children The Atlantic
The Perils Of Pushing Kids Too Hard, And How Parents Can Learn To Back Off NPR
***SCIENCE
Sloppy Science Happens More Than You Think Leaps Mag
Scientists Are Subverting Formal Publishing. Well, Some of Them Wired
Physicists at Fermilab say they have strong evidence for the existence of a new type of particle Physics World
***PSYCHOLOGY
What The Controversy Over Facebook's Privacy Policy Reveals (psychologically) NPR
The Kids Who Are Cleared to Leave Psychiatric Hospitals—But Can’t The Atlantic
CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
What Time Feels Like When You’re Improvising: The neurology of flow states Nautil
***CRITICAL THINKING
What editors at NPR, BuzzFeed News, Deadspin look for in an applicant Columbia Journalism Review
***RESEARCH
Impact of Social Sciences – Software updates: the “unknown unknown” of the replication crisis The London School of Economics & Political Science
Has Google Become a Journal Publisher? Scholarly Kitchen
Give every paper a read for reproducibility Nature
How Scientific Publishers Can End Bullying And Harassment In The Sciences Forbes
Avoid Ethics Issues in Science Publishing with These 5 Questions ASM
***HIGHER ED
UVa Library’s Plan to Cut Stacks by Half Sparks Faculty Concerns Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Cost of College (visualized) New York Times
Lobbying group for independent colleges says it's open to expanding federal data collection on student outcomes but.. Inside Higher Ed
DePaul University lays off dozens of staff Chicago Sun-Times
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/depaul-university-lays-off-dozens-of-staff/
Customer Service Is Misguided in the Classroom but Crucial in Advising Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sex and Gender on the Christian Campus (opinion) New York Times
Catholic U. Trustees Clear Path to Cut the Faculty by 9 Percent Chronicle of Higher Ed
$5 million to Chapman University from billionaire Charles Koch sparks an uproar Daily News
***TEACHING
The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt New York Times
Asking students to work out a problem using nothing but what they already know Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Appeals Court Sides with Cornell in Tenure Dispute Inside Higher Ed
UNM professors suing university over unequal pay KRQE
Professors Decide Whether to Teach Summer Courses — for Cuts in Pay Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Where Are Millennials Moving – 2018 Edition Smart Asset
Why do so many students drop out of college? And what can be done about it? Washington Post
Millennials and retirement: How bad is it? Politico
Four big blunders young adults make with their health insurance CNBC
Dealing with False Guilt
/Here are 4 options when dealing with false guilt.
1. Remove the Source of Guilt (the conscience)
This may only desensitize us to actual wrongs and could lead to a denial of real evil in our lives.
2. Emphasize Self-Potential
This fails to address the underlying problems and ignores any real wrongs.
3. Emphasize Punishment
This can lead to feeling guilt when caught, ignoring legitimate conviction.
4. Emphasize Forgiveness
If the guilt is false, there lacks a basis for forgiveness and the person may feel they haven’t suffered enough.
How to cover up your fatal flaw
/When did it become acceptable to embrace the characteristics that others have identified as detrimental to our mutual professional success?
I suspect many of the people who trot out their fatal flaws are attempting to create a defense shield to protect themselves from further criticism:
"You will not speak of my fatal flaws because I have mentioned them first and am therefore immune to your potential condemnation."
It’s a classic offense-as-defense strategy. That approach may work for a while but eventually it prompts some pointed questions:
"If you know you talk too much, why do you continue to take up all the air time?"
"If you know you are considered dismissive, why do you believe it is in your best interest to denounce the perspectives of anyone who thinks differently than you do?"
"If you know you overpromise and underdeliver, what makes you think people will continue to take you seriously?"
"Why do you assume steamrolling over others is a sustainable strategy?"
It is good to be self-aware. But demonstrating self-awareness, while at the same time showing a lack of discipline to fix issues of concern, is worse than being clueless about our shortcomings. When people close to us offer consistent and considerable feedback about a behavior that is not serving us well, we need to listen up. Dismissing feedback that does not comport with the way we see ourselves is understandable, but it is not strategic.
The most effective people I know sometimes whimper for a bit after receiving constructive criticism, but they quickly put a plan in place to modify the annoying or offending behaviors. By doing so, they demonstrate respect and appreciation for those brave enough to share difficult truths that are offered with the very best intentions. We need our colleagues to help us be better, but they can’t help if we’re not listening.
Allison Vaillancourt writing in the Chronicle of Higher Ed
Child rearing is an art
/Child rearing is an art, and what makes art art is that it is doing several things at once. The trick is accepting limits while insisting on standards. Character may not be malleable, but behavior is. The same parents can raise a dreamy, reflective girl and a driven, competitive one—the job is not to nurse her nature but to help elicit the essential opposite: to help the dreamy one to be a little more driven, the competitive one to be a little more reflective.
Adam Gopnik writing in The New Yorker
