Category Archives: Stages of Life

Award-Winning Children’s Author Says “Task-Based” Curriculum Will Ruin Reading for Kids

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

Children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce, who, this week, won an award from the British national newspaper The Guardian for best fiction book for children, says that the way reading is being taught in the schools today risks putting children off of … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Deathbed Regrets

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

Here’s a little multiple choice quiz: When we come to the end of life, what is it that we are most likely to regret?  Is it: a) ”I wish that I had spent more time answering my email” b). ”I wish … Continue reading →

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Multiple Intelligences and Human Development

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory) has revolutionized the field of education.  But it also has important implications for developmental psychology.  Gardner’s theory says that there are at least eight different intelligences:  linguistic (word smart), logical-mathematical (numbers and … Continue reading →

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4 Great Quotes About the Human Life Cycle

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

“Babies haven’t any hair. Old men’s heads are just as bare Between the cradle and the grave Lies a haircut and a shave.” ——- Samuel Hoffenstein “The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; … Continue reading →

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The River of Life

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Thomas Armstrong

The River of Life by Thomas Campbell (1777-1824) The more we live, more brief appear Our life’s succeeding stages; A day to childhood seems a year, And years like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth, Ere passion yet … Continue reading →

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