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Striking a Balance Between Boundaries and Sacrifice
4shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I see a problem today more often than I’ve seen it in the past. It is a collision between mindsets, both of which are essential. They‘re illustrated in the following story. Several faculty and staff members were asked to participate in a special project at their…
Continue ReadingWhat We Learn About Generation Z From the Top Netflix Show: Squid Game
3shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I’m not talking about The Crown. Nor am I talking about Game of Thrones. I am not even talking about Bridgerton. There is a new show in town on Netflix. The series Squid Game has taken the Netflix platform by storm. Squid Game has attracted 111…
Continue ReadingThe Impact of Reality TV on Generation Z
24shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Generation Z, the youngest population social scientists are studying today, was born about the same time as Reality TV. You might remember the precursor to popular reality television was a 1998 Jim Carrey movie called, “The Truman Show.” It was a film about an unsuspecting man living in an average…
Continue ReadingNow is the Time for Leaders to Step Up
10shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Have you heard about the latest trend? People are resigning from their jobs in droves. By the millions. Inc. magazine reported on The Great Resignation, detailing the numbers; and they’re staggering. The Great Resignation, is a term coined in 2019 by Texas A&M’s Anthony Klotz to predict a mass exodus…
Continue ReadingEver Heard of the Blackout Challenge? How Social Media Is Changing Peer Pressure and What to Do About It
6shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I remember feeling tangible peer pressure in high school. Friends pushed me to smoke cigarettes and marijuana, drink beer, and be sexually active. This was not uncommon in the 1970s. Culture was morphing from traditional to rebellious as baby boomers and Gen Xers pushed boundaries and listened…
Continue ReadingHow to Lead Kids Who’ve Experienced Adult-Sized Trauma
3shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore You may remember the tragic story from last April. A sixth-grader found his dad’s 9mm handgun, loaded it with a magazine of bullets, and walked onto his campus at Plymouth Middle School outside of Minneapolis. He positioned himself in a hallway, shot the gun toward the ceiling,…
Continue ReadingFour Lessons on Leading Young People From the Tokyo Olympics
1share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore The postponed Olympics Games held in Tokyo are now history. As always, there were highs and lows for competing athletes, but I’d like to focus on some insights we gain as we watched this year’s young athletes perform. The major difference for me in these Olympic games…
Continue ReadingHelping Students Strike a Balance Between Inclusion and Diversity
20shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Did you hear how Columbia University handled their graduation ceremonies? No, I’m not referring to mask-wearing or social distancing. I’m talking about the administration’s decision to host six separate graduation ceremonies, based on the graduates’ income level, race, ethnicities, and gender preferences. My concern has nothing to…
Continue ReadingDigital Citizenship: Having The Right Conversation With Students
14shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore The Supreme Court seems close to issuing a ruling in the case of a student who was kicked off her high school cheerleading team due to an obscene Snapchat post. Brandi Levy, a high school sophomore posted a message where she vents, “F— school, F— softball, F—…
Continue ReadingHow SEL Can Accelerate Maturity in Students
12shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore One decade ago, I began to hypothesize about a trait I observed in high school and college students. I continued to be baffled by how much they knew yet how little they’d experienced. I researched the reasons for this and came up with a term, which became…
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