HeyJaredCenter for Teen Flourishing musings: CTF WTF
My friend Sean and I have started the Center for Teen Flourishing (CTF) - a Lab for the 3pm to 3am hours.
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Teen v. Expert v. “Actually Gets Treatment” (opens the original)
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You see headlines like this a lot. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="107.42994505494505" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5YnK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5239f20
My Interview With Rick Hess at EdWeek (opens the original)
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Rick is hilarious and irreverent. Everyone who knows the guy agrees. But despite the Hawaiian shirts, he’s a no-nonsense, cut thru the BS guy. When he moderates, BAM! to end the thing at the very second time elapses, Nikita Khrushchev style. But he was chill with me. Here’s an excerpt: Rick: Given that you’re targeting the hours after school, what’s your work mean for those in education?Mike: We propose a Race to the Top for high school flourishing
Archbridge Institute’s Head Out (opens the original)
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Clay Routledge is an existential psychologist. He is Executive Vice President and COO at Archbridge Institute, where he also directs the Human Flourishing Lab. A mutual friend (thanks Spencer) introduced us. And wow! Mike:I love your website Head Out. So - do I have this right? Your message is: Hey Struggling Teen, before you jump into therapy, you should Head Out. Do any of the following things…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image
Breakthrough Idea / Only A Hammer (opens the original)
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Let’s start chez moi! Our Home Fix It list includes: The deck has a few boards sticking up. Main tool: hammer.The showerhead needs replacing. Main tool: pliers.The patio door handle is broken. Main tool: screwdriver.The tree needs trimming. Main tool: saw.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TXJ9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F061e3fb8-80dd-49ab-ab38-85159319cabf_1550x77
Those “Cafeteria Kids” Fighting Each Other in that Nikole Hannah-Jones Essay (opens the original)
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If you’re a CTF reader, I’m not only betting that you’ve read the essay in question, but setting the over/under for the number of NHJ essay responses that you’ve read at: 4. Here are 3 such responses I liked. Roland’s take in the WSJ here. Before one of those votes, a Haitian woman approached me and explained what the school meant to her family. It was o
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