a school leader’s perspective… As an educator, I feel truly blessed to work with kind, curious, compliant, and hard-working students. They serve as an inspiration each and every day. Our families embrace our mission, and support our world-class faculty and staff. Perhaps against our initial beliefs, the pandemic has only brought the school community…

a perspective How will I love thee? Let me, too, be true. Cheat. Act unfairly to gain advantage. Feeling the pull of infidelity? The homo sapien has no cheat gene. Selfishness. Destroying all for a lark. … A slippery slope toward certain ruin. Starts with a flirt, a long glance…

Even with Hollywood’s attention, I don’t think we fully appreciate his genius. I find myself engrossed by Maxwell King’s 2018 biography of Fred Rogers: The Good Neighbor. I have long been an admirer of the man, but I had no grasp of the depth of his genius and contribution to…

I have taught critical race theory (CRT) for the past ten years in three different overseas American schools, and that experience has solidified my unequivocal belief that teaching diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fundamental to an effective liberal arts education, still very relevant in preparing our youth for the…

a white paper Dr. Paul Richards 6, 5, 4: What is so special about the number 5? …

Sent to our school’s staff in the wake of the buzz created by ChatGTP’s release December 15, 2022 Dear colleagues: On some mornings, I wake up with a racing mind and feel the overwhelming urge to write. Today was such a morning. For a while now, I’ve been keenly interested…

April 30 — May 4, Luzern, Switzerland Seasonal Memoir #72 (Last one!) Why is it so easy to lose “religion” once you leave the tent? Society’s influence? Some perverse aspect of human nature that subconsciously gets one off the true path to happiness? Seeing clearly one’s priorities (as they would…

April 25–29, Amherst, MA USA Seasonal Memoir #71 → To get a good night’s sleep, pour a strong cup of coffee, and meditate on a rainy day–that’s all that’s required to figure out all of life’s mysteries, or at least its priorities. → To look at a 300 year old…

April 20–24, Athens, Greece Seasonal Memoir #70 I think it’s time to stop the charade of recycling in the West. It seems to have become an exercise in guilt offsetting. There is simply so much waste, especially plastic, that there can be no cost-effective way to gather all of it…