Q. Is it possible to re-invent myself in high school? I’m excited about leaving middle school – it sucked. I couldn’t find friends. I’m a writer and a poet at heart. I hope to hide those facets of my personality going forward, so I’m not made fun of so much. If no one knows me as I ...
I've been having trouble getting my head around two fairly recent political developments – one from the left, the other from the right. From the left: the unlikely ascent of the drag queen show. Not so long ago, drag shows, in which men dress as women, were considered side shows. In ...
My column about middle school friendships hit home with many readers. Here are two responses. Response 1: I read your column on Thursday with a great deal of interest and a little bit of flashback. I’m in my early 40s and a parent of two elementary school girls. When I read the question from ...
Q. Where are all my school friends? Summer is moving along quickly, and I feel abandoned. I try to connect but they ghost me. I don’t know what to do. I don’t think I did anything wrong, although I do know my friends are known to exclude other girls. I’ve seen that happen. I just didn’t ...
Like many of you, I have spent large chunks of life chasing shiny things. In that regard, I have been distracted by a desire to appear successful by having the trappings of “success.” You know, the things that say, “I made it. Applause, please.” It started when I was a tween. ...
Robb Rhodes has performed an estimable public service: He has put on the table a plan for the Penn State-Fayette campus now slated for the ash heap. Rhodes, the Fayette County controller, wants to convert the campus into a four-year "senior military college," along the lines of Norwich ...
