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I had it all planned—two weeks (13 days, actually) off from work. No school, except to make sure semester grades were entered by the January 2nd deadline. Thirteen days to read comments, suggestions, and hopefully a little praise from my editor on the first draft of...

We’ve reached that familiar point in the year—the "I can’t believe it’s over already" moment. These days arrive every 365 days, yet somehow each cycle feels shorter than the one before. It’s as if every year quietly subtracts a day from the total. If that were true,...

High expectations. That’s what I demand from my students. And that’s what I demand of myself. It’s an instinct that started on the field and the court. As an athlete, I pushed myself to be the best I could be in every sport I played. As a quarterback, I was the...