Feel for the Weak

          Two school kids are fighting – having a hard, rough-and-tumble scrap. Their peers look on in a circle that quickly forms around the scrapping kids. In moments, it becomes…

Nice Guys and Bad Guys

            My first memories of people involved them being either nice or bad. In the world of toddler-thought, we form our perception of people based on our first impressions -…

Smart Alec

            I recently landed a stroke of luck when I reconnected with an old childhood friend after forty years. We were just kids when we had lost touch with each…

Teachers  Vs  Educators

            At my first school, along with the usual stuff, we would also be taught to enjoy school, and the learning process itself.  Teaching nursery rhymes and correct use of…

A Golden Investment

            One hears of many instances of parent and adult offspring conflict, resulting mostly from unrelenting egos, especially on the part of the children who are blind to the needs…