Tag: education

• Phys Ed has changed for good

  The shriek of the whistle pierced our ears. The thud, thud, thud of our sports shoes echoed in the gym; our arms trembled from supporting our torso as our legs pumped like pistons; and our PE teacher barked out, “Two hundred more to go. Keep counting!” Thud, thud. “One.” Thud, thud. “Two.” At least thirty five of us…

  fedorewriter

  December 8, 2025

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  1970s, education, fitness, PE, physical education, Presidential Fitness test, school, social emotional health, teaching

• Fall FedoreWriter News

  BEST MUSE EVER My Yorkie, Liam, is the best writer’s companion. He keeps my feet warm and gazes at me doe-eyed, reminding me to maintain a thriving writing routine and take an occasional break. Last year, a writing instructor said to all the attendees, “To be a successful author, all you have to do is…

  fedorewriter

  October 22, 2025

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  anxiety, book club, books, depression, education, fiction, mental health, phone use, self-harm, smart phones, social media, Thriving Generation, writing

• Left to our own devices

  We’ve lost more people to this than we can count. Children, siblings, parents, grandparents, … ourselves. And it’s not just about losing our human connection, it’s about how brains are wired, how we perceive ourselves compared to others, and how we’re not motivated to leave our houses, or, worse yet, children aren’t motivated to leave their…

  fedorewriter

  September 1, 2025

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  education, Jonathan haidt, mental health, online safety, parenting, school discipline, smart phones, social media, technology

• Words: push-ups for our brains, lift-ups for our thoughts

  Before I turned eighteen, before I’d read any books about thoughts shaping our beliefs, and before neuroscientists explored the brain’s complex network with magnetic resonance imagining (MRI)–commercially produced in 1980. Before all of this, I silently recited, “I love math” every day as I walked to my math class at a local community college. Every…

  fedorewriter

  March 14, 2025

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  education, life, mantra, math, positivity, power of words, thoughts, yoga

• Students choose cheers not jeers

  “You suck!” Stomp, stomp. “You suck!” Stomp, stomp. I was seated in front of a group of young people that were joining in this chant set to music blared over the loudspeaker. A chant obviously sanctioned by the sports organization. I thought to myself, “No wonder my job as an administrator supervising sports and spectators…

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  September 17, 2024

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  athletics, cheers, education, football, sports