On campus this fall – online after Thanksgiving?
Colleges are struggling to make decisions on whether or not they’re going to have fall term on campus or online. Seems that about 30% of the incoming freshmen are waiting […]
Should you consider a Coronavirus Gap Year?
Students born in 2002 are facing TWO WHAMMIES this year. First, they’re graduating high school without the pomp and circumstance that every senior class since WWII has celebrated. You know […]
Time to reinvent life as we know it
While we may feel like we were side swiped by the coronavirus and the disarray that the shelter-in-place order has caused us economically and socially, we should have known better. […]
Have we learned anything from 4 centuries of plagues?
History repeats itself. Plagues have wiped out millions of people every 100 years for 4 centuries. That’s why we trust facts and statistics. When we aren’t testing our 350 million […]
How the coronavirus has proven that we can mitigate climate change
The global response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown us that we can change our routines and behavior. One of my students organized “WHEN, NOT IF…” to ask if people […]
Why we need more coronavirus test kits
Did you know that ER doctors in the Bay Area have received orders that they CANNOT give COVID-19 tests to all sick people who go to the ER? Only very […]
Projects give stay-at-home kids a purpose
With teachers scrambling to set up online classes; students doing minimal homework and not taking tests, finals, or standardized exams; and nobody leaving home for extracurricular activities, kids are getting […]
Can’t Get Hand Sanitizer? Make Your Own!
Can’t buy hand sanitizer because selfish people are hoarding them? You’re not alone. We couldn’t find hand sanitizers at any stores or online, so we made our own! It’s super […]
Donate PPEs to Frontline Workers
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!” — President John F. Kennedy Never thought I’d be citing President Kennedy’s inaugural […]
Protect Frontline Workers from COVID-19
Want to protect yourself and your loved ones from getting COVID-19? Of course you do! Will you do anything in your power to do so? Then STOP HOARDING and SUPPORT […]