When it comes to choosing a successful role model, women may respect successful men. But they’re more inspired by savvy women, according to the results of comparative studies in Psychology of Women Quarterly. “Women seem to get special benefits from same-gender role models,” says Penelope Lockwood, PhD, a University of Toronto psychologist and one of [...]
This introductory activity will help your students become comfortable sharing (and writing) their own stones At the beginning of each school year we try to think of ways to get to know our students. Events that each learner believes are important in and out of the classroom are meaningful. Moving to a new house, the [...]
By Michael Spiropoulos One important reason people fail at interviews is because of several misconceptions, or myths, about what really happens during the course of an interview. All of us know that the purpose of interviews is for an interviewer to hire someone who will perform well in a particular job, but beyond that few [...]
By Danielle Mundy I look in the mirror and I see a young woman. She has a full, heart-shaped face framed with very curly brown hair that has wheat colored streaks through it. The hair is cut at different layers beginning at the cheekbones and ending at the lower back. Her eyes are almond shaped [...]
By Randall D Barfield This story was told to me by my friend Marcie McGrath, who heard it from a friend of hers whose name is Penelope, but I can’t remember the last name. Well, Penelope had had a dream one night when her son, Darius, was about 8 years old. In the dream she [...]
Matty youth in conflict arc reaching out to the Internet for znrtiiat support and guidance. This is a hrief alert about this new risk confronting children loith suicidal ideations. In most countries, mortality from suicide is the second or third leading cause of teenage deaths. The incidence of suicide attempts peaks during mid-adolescence. Evidence supporting [...]
As Will D. entered his teens, something inside him began to change. The once-easy going student from Washington, D.C., became more anxious. His tension “was the kind that just sits in your stomach, as if you’re really nervous about something,” be recalls. “It was like that all the time.” Back then, Will had nothing to [...]