273 Pick Three

273 Pick Three

I studied computer science in college and have written a variety of computer applications since then. When writing code that contains a repeated set of instructions or a “loop,” many times I would test that loop with a data set of three. Iterating through a loop twice...
272 Choose Good

272 Choose Good

At the high school where I teach, we just started a new quarter of studies. Some of my students were disappointed in their schedule of classes, because the subject doesn’t seem interesting, the assignments will be hard, or they don’t have any friends as...
271 Choose to Love

271 Choose to Love

This week I had three separate conversations about what it means to love. One was regarding a crisis in my extended family where my relatives are confused, lost, and needlessly suffering because they are looking for love in the wrong places. Another conversation was...
270 Fear Not

270 Fear Not

As I write this, I’m traveling back from a memorial in Los Angeles for my grandfather. He just turned 100 years old before dying from poor health. At the ceremony I thought about what it means to live a long time and how to make the most of each day I am given. I...
269 Pursue Mastery

269 Pursue Mastery

Technology use, machine learning, and artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming more widely used across multiple industries. Like most innovations it offers several benefits, but can also cause problems if misused. In education, the pervasiveness of smartphones, the...