Procrastadabbler

After I wrote yesterday’s post, I happened to pick up an article in Newsweek about “being happy.” The article discusses the empirical work that is being done on why some people are happy and others not. The cited researcher claims that about 40 percent of one’s tendency toward happiness is genetic. 10 percent is circumstantial [...]

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Ya know, I really give everything to my teaching. I work really hard at meeting the needs of my students. I think I do a good job, yet when somebody (a student) makes a negative comment about something that happened or was said, I take get really down. I feel like a failure. I allow [...]

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