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Building a Better Student: Pace Car

Over the summer I took a road trip, an experience that is as much a part of my DNA as my brown hair. A good portion of my youth was spent in the back seat of a Ford Galaxy 500 as my parents criss-crossed the country, and I’ve never outgrown my love of the road. One...

Building a Better Student: The Wrong Crowd

“Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions.”  – Dogen, the great Zen master. We’ll call him Aaron, but the name is unimportant, since millions of kids fall into the same trap that ultimately derailed this young man. He...