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Marshmallow Test Reproduced by Dr David Walsh

Marshmallow Test Reproduced by Dr David Walsh

How a simple experiment with children and treats uncovered profound insights about willpower, life outcomes, and the modern challenges of delayed gratification The classic marshmallow test puts children's willpower to the ultimate challenge Few psychological experiments have captured the public imagination quite like the Stanford Marshmallow Test. In this deceptively simple study, children were presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: eat the treat right away, or wait a short period and receive two...

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Reflections on President Obama’s Education Speech

Reflections on President Obama’s Education Speech

I just finished watching the President's speech tonight and I liked it. I think the first part was a little weak, but toward the end it had some real substance. I don't know if it had much impact in student's lives overall, but I also don't think it hurt anything either. I loved the examples at the end regarding failure. Everyone is going to stumble at one point in their life, and you aren't always...

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Santa Cruz Day Trip

We went to Santa Cruz's Beach Boardwalk yesterday and the weather was fantastic (low 80s).  There was lots of Labor Day weekend traffic getting there, so it ended up taking a few hours.  We walked the boardwalk, went on the Ferris Wheel, had a great Mexican food lunch, played miniature golf, played some arcade games, walked on the beach, walked to the end of the pier, watched sea lions for a while. By that time,...

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From Corporate Failure to Comic Strip Fame: The Surprising Origin Story of Dilbert

How Scott Adams transformed workplace frustration into one of the world's most beloved comic strips In the corporate world of the 1980s, a frustrated office worker sat in seemingly endless meetings, doodling caricatures of his managers and coworkers to stay awake. Those idle sketches would eventually evolve into one of the most successful comic strips of all time: Dilbert. Scott Adams never set out to be a cartoonist. His original dream was to climb the...

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The Little Engine That Could

Now that I am reading lots of kids books again, it is interesting to look at what we teach children and what we end up doing with the information as we become older.  When growing up we tend to learn to forget what is possible, we better understand our capabilities, we doubt ourselves, we let others tell us what we can and cannot do.  When you ask a young child if they can do something,...

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Safeway Bring Your Child to Work Day 2009

I volunteered for Bring Your Child to Work Day this year and had fun watching the kids yesterday.  Ironically I think they taught me more than I taught them.  Our group had three volunteers for about 60 kids but they were surprisingly well behaved.  I had two bathroom runs, rescued a girl who lost her shoe in a race, and had to separate a battle for a wristband but we didn't lose anyone so I...

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