Personal Behavior

“I’m frustrated. I have two master’s degrees and I’m working on my doctorate. I started teaching earning $17,000 a year. I’ve paid my dues.” Skaneateles NY Superintendent Philip D’Angelo on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to limit the salaries of superintendents across NY state The question of paying one’s dues sometimes comes up, and it can […]

Over the past couple of days, the northeast has been pounded by a blizzard. We’ve been hearing reports of mainly snowfall between 8 and 12 inches, although a few places have had more than that. As strange as this might seem to the masses, it’s hard for anyone living in my area to have much […]

I was having an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. She was complaining because the person she works for had one of her other friends send a text message to her while she was out of town about a work issue. It irked her because she said she’d told everyone she was going out […]

Last week, I worked with someone who was having some difficulties with a decision she had to make. Actually, she didn’t know she had to make a decision until we started talking. Initially she was just venting, but I’m one of those people who believes that, most of the time, once you start venting you […]

A couple of days ago I was reading a blog post by Rose DesRochers called The Online Reputation of Rose DesRochers. In the post, she talks about being asked to write a guest post for another blog, yet when she submitted the post she was told by the person that he had seen something negative […]