Articles by: Chris Wondra

“Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can’t […]

I fancy myself a bit of a writer.  It started way back in high school when I wrote for the school paper.  I wrote short […]

Perhaps you have heard it said that schools should be run more like businesses–that public schools are soft, undisciplined, ineffective and would do well to […]

Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit.  Now you have to understand that this was […]

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve […]

It’s the end of January. Do you know where your new year’s resolutions are? Maybe all’s well and you’re still eating healthy, exercising regularly, you […]

The psychology of persuasion has always fascinated me–probably because I stink at it. When I was in college, I worked for a while as a […]

Schadenfreude: pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This post is perhaps a week late, but it took me that long to process some of […]

So, I’ve got this amazing new idea for a business model.  It’s going to be big!  And you, loyal reader, are completely welcome to get […]

Tom Sawyer looked at the 810 square feet of Aunt Polly’s fence he had been assigned to whitewash and, “Life to him seemed hollow, and […]