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Return to Norton Middle School

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 4, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Short essay recounting a day I spent at Norton Middle School with Gary Sigrist.

school

Cultural Cataracts

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 12, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.

parenting, education, society, culture

Psychics and Statistics

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Sep 26, 2015

What happens when a Carl Sagan fan meets with person with psychic ability.

paranormal ability, psychics, pseudoscience, statistics, logic

Desktops are not extinct

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 8, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 8, 2012

Editorial discussing the notion that the time of the desktop is over. I argue that the advent of smart phones, tablets and mobile devices do not preclude the value of the desktop.

computer, productivity, mobile device, ipad

But Words Will Never Hurt Me

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 6, 2018 | Last Updated Aug 12, 2021

Editorial on negativity and entitlement amongst online communities.

entitlement, negativity, trolls

Smart Kids in Distress

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 8, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Advice for young artists and free thinkers struggling in high school.

high school advice, education, artists, creative thinkers, talented kids

Tweeners

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011

A story of a school's persecution of students.

tweeners, the out crowd in school

The MySpace Generation

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 23, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011

Thoughts on the social media phenomenon and its effect on the current young generation. Originally written with MySpace in mind, but valid for other sites like Facebook.

myspace.com, myspace, facebook, social media, internet, online, parenting, education, web