This past Thursday evening, our flight map attached to the TV monitor on the seat in front of me showed that our plane was somewhere over Wyoming, hurtling through the air at 535 mph. I sit on the aisle every time. That means you only glimpse out of the window…

By Brian Thomas Brian Thomas, Assistant Head of School of Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS), led a team of faculty to create an internal newsletter, by teachers and for teachers. Faculty and staff regularly receive these “Every Child, Every Day” newsletters and, through them, have been…

Friday, March 30, 2021 Taking time away from your normal hustle and bustle to recharge your batteries, seeing your life anew is one of the best ways to wire your brain for happiness and success. I don’t think of happiness, or success, in a material way. I see success as…

Thursday, March 25, 2021 Who sings their song? Not Sting. Not me? Who remembers their names, long after they have been forgotten by those except the loved ONES? They are unheralded. They lie in unmarked graves. Perhaps trafficked. Perhaps kidnapped and locked away. Indigenous. Trans. Asian Pacific Islander. Black.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 To have an impact on anything in life, bold choices must be made. Whether it’s competing in a downhill ski race event or starting a company, the timid and the meek tend not to stand a part from the crowd. It can be argued that some…

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Untraditional roles are like shaking a snow globe or dragging a needle across an LP. Each makes you do double-take and perhaps even correct your vision about how things are supposed to be. Gender norms and roles are just that. Norms and roles. For instance, I…

Monday, March 22, 2021 One of my junior high school teachers died last week at the age of 80. Wanda Mullins made school memorable because she made the time rush by in her classroom while having us dig into our own learning. Ms. Mullins gave us incentives by earning “Mullins’…

Friday, March 19, 2021 When Micahel Roemer released “Nothing But A Man” in 1964 with Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln in the leads, there were very few glimpses into authentic Black life and Black love. …

Thursday, March 18, 2021 On November 29, 2011, I spoke with my former students about StoryCorp’s Day of Listening, which had just happened. (Learn more about StoryCorp here: http://storycorps.org) Back in 2011, StoryCorp established a Day of Listening for people all around the country and around the world to record…