People keep promoting the need for everyone from kids to mid-career professionals to learn how to write computer code. The argument is that in the very near future (if we aren't there already) learning how to code will be as important as learning to read and write. An article in Mother Jones asked, "Is Coding … Continue reading Learning to code is NOT the new literacy
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Dear teacher, If my child should bring shoes other than snow boots for the field trip please tell me that. Do not assume that I will just know because clearly I do not. You sent a paper bag and said we should pack her a lunch in it. My husband did that. We can follow … Continue reading Dear teacher, please help out this clueless mom
I lived in Pittsburgh for 14 years. That's longer than I've lived in any other place. Even though I moved around a lot growing up, I didn't have plans to leave Pittsburgh. If I didn't have to move I don't know if I would have. The road to my departure started when I applied to a graduate … Continue reading Breaking up with Pittsburgh is hard to do
For weeks now I've seen people writing about having one-word resolutions, choosing one word to summarize what they want out of the coming year. That's great for them, I thought, but I can't roll everything I want from 2015 into one word. I need an entire uber list. Then, after seeing yet another one-word resolution … Continue reading My one-word resolution: Progress
If you've read this blog before you probably thought, "I'm such a better person that this Kim Z. Dale. I wish there were a way to prove it." Well, now you can. My friend Sheila from Mary Tyler Mom is having a head-shaving event to benefit the St. Baldrick's Foundation, an organization with the primary … Continue reading A chance to prove you are better than me
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