Tales Of An Educated Debutante
on life, loss and the joy that rules the day.
The future is far away and scary, but today is lovely.
Adrian H. Wood, PhD
Five Reasons Teachers Shouldn’t Pack Heat
Friday, February 23, 2018 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
1. Teachers say NO. All major teacher, principal, school employee and security organizations in our country oppose guns in schools, except when carried by a police or security officer. The National Education Association polled thousands of American teachers and found an overwhelming majority of educators (78%) do not support the idea of arming educators in the classroom. 2. Armed teachers are a poor match for school shooters. Research shows that even highly trai ..
Read moreTo the Boy that Made Me a Mother
Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
To the Boy that Made Me a Mother I dreamt of you, you know. I was a slip of a girl when I wrote about the baby I hoped to have, a blond hair girl baby. Only I got you, a dark headed son, five pounds, one ounce and five weeks early. My heart would never be the same. I feared for you, you know. I cradled you in my arms and thought to myself as we got ready to take you home, this just doesn’t seem safe. For good reason, our big old furnace had run out of oil and I held y ..
Read moreThe Man & the Hotel Room
Thursday, November 30, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
Come to my hotel room, he says. And she does. Before. The gray area between pursuit and assault is a tricky one. Perhaps coy behavior worked well coupled with college and keg beer, maybe an innocent suggestion that garnered success, maybe a person who brims with confidence and no one was ever stern or said no. Simply, a person does what they have always done and been allowed to do, not necessarily related to sex, the issue is in the ever so broken chain of command. During. ..
Read moreI Hate Politics
Tuesday, October 03, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
I just don't get it. The thoughts I share are born from my mind and heart, not spawned from allegiance to or disdain of a particular leader. Then again, we arrive to this place of adulthood, each laden with our own baggage, a quite personal set of suitcases. Our suitcases are often heavy, filled with tales that may include wealth and privilege or a childhood spent sleeping on a cold floor, hard working parents or those who were raised by relatives, parents battling their own demons ..
Read moreDear Liz the Librarian
Saturday, September 30, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
I was interested to hear your story of unrequited love at Cambridgeport Elementary School. To commemorate National Read a Book Day, First Lady Melania Trump sent one school in every state a parcel of ten books by Dr. Seuss, along with a letter she penned in which she detailed reading “Oh, the Places You'll Go” with her now 11 year old son Barron. Easy peasy, a simple gift. You’re quite a librarian, named Hero of Family Outreach in 2017 by the School Library Journal. Clearly, you ha ..
Read moreTwenty-Five Reasons Moms Need Camp
Friday, July 28, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (2)
1. Camp would be a vacation. Even fat camp sounds fun, all that sleep and exercise with no planning on our part. 2. No cars allowed. No errands, no carpool, no grocery store, no limit to alcohol consumption. 3. You could register for activities like: Put the School Calendar In Your Phone or Sorting One Million Pictures. 4. People spray you with sunscreen. Yep, just stand there like you're going through security. 5. No cooking. Not one bit, unless you ..
Read moreLove Myself
Thursday, July 13, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (3)
Are you going swimming? Where is your shirt? The questions of my daughter. She turns eight on Sunday and she only knows a mother that swims in a shirt. When had I become that person? You haven't worn a bikini top in twenty something years. Why not? Your stomach hasn't seen the light of day since you were thirty thirty pounds lighter. Why not? You used to be so confident, I tell myself. I used to love myself. Why does it matter? Does it even matter? Who cares? ..
Read moreDear Teen Vogue,
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (4)
Your magazine professes to share topics related to, "fashion, beauty, & entertainment news." You can imagine my surprise when I ran across your article entitled, "A Guide to Anal Sex." I've taken the liberty of articulating my concerns regarding your suggestions. The author, told me that "this article is purely educational and seeks to inform." Does it? 1. Your claim: This is anal 101 for teens. As an educator, I value the dissemination of information, especially targeted fo ..
Read moreA Letter to My Daughter
Monday, July 10, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
You roam around the house in your big girl underpants, baggy legs and all. You have the confidence of a supermodel as you bolt around the upstairs with your three brothers, sharing the tub or dancing stark naked. The sunbeams your self radiates leave me breathless with joy and I long to encase your thoughtful perfection. "It's not fair!", you said, scowling in the mirror. Your dear friend shared that she weighed 40 pounds and that you did not. The accusation left you ripe with anger ..
Read moreFinding Amelia
Thursday, July 06, 2017 Adrian H. Wood Comments (0)
When I was a little girl, I wondered many a time what had happened to the brave girl pilot? High above the billowing clouds, I would look and squint from my own small square window and imagine she had escaped the world, rather than drowned in the sea. Escaped perhaps, but the dream appears to have ended there. She was just 39 years old when her plane disappeared off the map and five months later she was declared deceased. She was the girl from Kansas, second of three children (the ..
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