Happy Labor Day, and Happy New (School) Year’s Eve for many of you! I’m actually writing this post in early August in anticipation of being pretty overwhelmed and without much time for blogging in early September, between starting my new job and heading down the final stretch of my dissertation…
Category: Behavior
Don’t Break the Chain
Dissertation work has been going swimmingly, thanks for asking. If we’re connected on Facebook or Twitter you are probably sick of me posting about the minutiae of my progress each day, and you’ve also seen me hashtag my Tweets #dontbreakthechain. The idea of “don’t break the chain” comes from an…
Nothing To It But To Do It
Between completing years of coursework and conducting the dissertation research project, I think we can all agree that earning a doctorate is hard work. I wonder, though, if sometimes we (read: I) make it harder than it has to be. I spent the better part of May & June collecting survey…
New Blog on the Block
In an effort to both a) document the work we do at our school to support character education and social-emotional growth and b) publicize that information to our district’s community, the guidance counselors and Child Study Team at my school have started a blog! In just the first two weeks…
300 Miles
While my surgery to correct FAI is now nearly two full years behind me (December 2011), I continue to reap the benefits of goal-setting during the recovery process. As I wrote last year, my long-term rehab goal was to get fit enough to run Tough Mudder Tri-State in October 2012…