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Month August 2013

Culture of Recovery — 2 CEUs

I think it’s hard to argue that we in some trouble.  Hundreds of people each month are succumbing to drug and alcohol addiction.  Needless deaths.  I write this column in hopes that someone reads it and guides either himself or… Continue Reading →

Let's Revolutionize Education — 2 CEUs

I submit that the current goal of education in the United States of America is to create worker bees and boss bees.  Weber confirms this thought, “today’s capitalism, which has come to dominance in economic life, creates and trains, by… Continue Reading →

The System Sucks — 2CEUs

Are at risk kids just creatures responding to their environments with no hope of assimilating into mainstream life?  There have always been kids who live on the margin of society and I suspect there will always be kids who live… Continue Reading →

Voice of Salvation — A POEM

Saw and heard George Thorogood his guitar sounded like the damned finding their salvation crying for their reprieve   I played my guitar today wouldn’t have melted warm butter but it felt good to play and I was glad I… Continue Reading →

There are Times — A POEM

There are times I wanna surf the wind on a leaf not for nothin’– not for a dime not for a smile not for nothing but for a little while. just to float and fly and feel free from gravity… Continue Reading →

Bridge the Gap — A POEM

Most mornings, I look out of my hallway window and watch the sky turn bright rust. I’ve always loved the early morning sky-glow: All the words yet to write and ideas yet to learn and chords yet to build, form,… Continue Reading →

Something Cool — A POEM

Days go by, drowned in memories – stories written in invisible ink. I want something cool to gravitate my way. Instead, I forget and get lost underneath the cross I carry.   I don’t think it’s for me to carry… Continue Reading →

Towards a Critical Pedagogy (2CEUs)

Wink (2005) describes critical pedagogy as a way for people to become aware of their own contexts and their respective roles within those contexts.  Critical pedagogy calls for people to name their reality in their own terms, to reflect critically… Continue Reading →

The Mustard Seed Ripple — A POEM

I’ve heard self-righteous sinners call depression a self-pity party. They congregate and pray and sing away their need to swim in gallons of jack Daniel’s: in words and in songs they congratulate themselves because in a blink of an eye… Continue Reading →

Reflective Journaling Works (2CEUs)

I am going to present some evidence about reflective journaling’s role in psychological health.  TO start, Hubbs and Brand (2005) describe three types of reflective journaling: (1) the dialogue journal which provides a means for the student and instructor to… Continue Reading →

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