by Prasanta | Dec 19, 2016 | Advent, Jesus, Poetry, Uncategorized
I came across a few poems from Luci Shaw and Madeleine L’Engle recently, and will be posting a poem each day this week leading up to Christmas from one of them. Below is one I particularly enjoyed. I tried searching for some artwork, but I could not find...
by Prasanta | Dec 8, 2016 | Poetry, Uncategorized
My window-pane is starred with frost, The world is bitter cold to-night, The moon is cruel, and the wind Is like a two-edged sword to smite. God pity all the homeless ones, The beggars pacing to and fro. God pity all the poor to-night Who walk the lamp-lit streets of...
by Prasanta | Nov 4, 2016 | Journal, Poetry, Uncategorized
Just down the street a bit, there is a wooden bench right by the river. I do not come here as often as I should, or as often as I think about coming. Yet, I have come in all the seasons, except winter; it is not so easy to linger in the winter. Besides the two male...
by Prasanta | Oct 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
So… you’ve done your best in communicating, whether it was a presentation, speech, or even interpersonal communication. But then- what if there is conflict? A disagreement? A misunderstanding? For the last day of this month-long series, we will look at...
by Prasanta | Oct 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
We looked at a couple of different learning styles over the past two blog posts, first the basic three, and then those covered in Tobias’ book “The Way They Learn”. Today, we will turn our attention to personality tests, and how they can help us in...
by Prasanta | Oct 28, 2016 | Home Education, Home Education Resources, Learning, Uncategorized
Some years ago, I gave my youngest son a math worksheet with about 20 problems. Since he was in elementary school, it was probably some simple arithmetic. These were timed math drill worksheets, designed to test math facts that we practiced with flash cards, and the...
by Prasanta | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been to a presentation or meeting and left shaking your head, trying to make sense of what you heard? Or perhaps, on another occasion, you were following along well, but others were not? We all process information differently, and it is helpful to...
by Prasanta | Oct 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
With communication, we often talk about specific techniques, such as many of those discussed here for the past month in this series. But, there is a critical component of communication that is vital to being a good communicator, and that is “asking...
by Prasanta | Oct 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Perhaps you have heard of Simon Sinek and a Ted Talk he did about persuasion and something called the Golden Circle. His purpose was to exhort businesses to consider the core of why customers and employees buy into a company. So what is this “Golden...
by Prasanta | Oct 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nowadays with the internet and social media, thousands of bloggers, and Facebook posts and comments, people everywhere can join in a conversation like never before. Usually in writing (or in conversation), but often in writing, people who respond to a post often...
