I have heard that the current generation is selfish and shallow, that they are the iGeneration, that they focus on MySpace, but rarely think about OurSpace. Students meet together, but they do not entirely connect. It seems that share a physical proximity, but each sends texts, listens to iPods and lives within a self-centered cocoon. Maybe it's ...

I love how Socrates always ends his dialogues unanswered.  The end seems to be a multifacted mystery rather than a three-point outline.  Similarly, throughout the gospels, Jesus tells parables that confound and confuse his audience.  It seems counterintuitive that two of the greatest teachers of all times were both difficult to ...

Johnny passes by in his cap and gown as a flood of memories pass.  I recall snippets of hard conversations, small arguments, difficult basketball games and the late nights where I was editing his papers.  I thought of that first moment when he was a fourth grader in a tiny house with no air conditioning and he explained that it ...

For the last two weeks, students in my class have explored multiple facets of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.  They have analyzed sources for bias, posed intelligent questions, created metaphors for the conflict and developed solutions.  I admit that it is idealistic to assume that 8th graders can solve the world's problems in two ...