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One of my favorite books is Jeannie Oakes’ Keeping Track: How schools structure inequality. It does what any good piece of nonfiction should do. It defines a problem, researches all pertinent information as to the nature of the problem, and… Continue Reading →
I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about the darkness that exists in our world ad seeks to consume and destroy all that’s good about life. My rationale for spending this time with darkness isn’t because I have… Continue Reading →
One of the real truths that my wife’s grandmother used to profess is that, “Cada cabeza es u mundo.” Translated, this means that every mind is its own world. She would usually say this when hearing a story about someone… Continue Reading →
The other morning, while visiting my grandmother’s grave, I lifted a pinecone off of her headstone. I looked at it’s woody cradles and cursed its audacity: It covered the “Que” from the Madrecita Querida inscription and I launched that pinecone… Continue Reading →
I feel the need to make a quick comment on interpersonal boundaries. What are boundaries? Boundaries are the limits to behaviors within any given relationship. For example, a person who has difficulties saying no, even when he needs to say… Continue Reading →
The Chicano Movement didn’t fail. I have found Aztlan. It’s a real place. First off, I consider myself Chicano. For me, this means that I am a bilingual, biliterate person of Mexican-American descent who is interested in the reclamation of… Continue Reading →
The Chicano Movement didn’t fail. I have found Aztlan. It’s a real place. First off, I consider myself Chicano. For me, this means that I am a bilingual, biliterate person of Mexican-American descent who is interested in the reclamation of… Continue Reading →
I’ve studied and liked tons of psychologists. Maslow’s triangle of human needs and Jung’s collective unconscious continue to whet my intellectual appetite. Educational psychologists Piaget and Vygotsky continue to inform my work and open up avenues of exploration. But, without… Continue Reading →
Battling addiction is a lot like looking out onto the ocean: Addiction is a big enemy that can swallow me whole. When I look out into the ocean, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed. I know that if I tried… Continue Reading →
A few days ago, I published a new eBook called, A Model for Contextual Leadership: A Practitioner’s Course. My new book: Presents a behavioral model for an empowerment leadership approach that I call, Contextual Leadership. Provides a program for implementing… Continue Reading →
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