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We feel that humor and wit are seriously underrated at schools. Creativity and comedy should be rewarded with top grades, trophies, parades, and endless pizza at the cafeteria. At least, that’s how we feel.Pretty much everyone’s been in a situation where we’re sitting in the classroom, scratching our heads, trying to figure out a question that just darn doesn’t make any sense. Some students don’t want to guess blindly or leave the question unanswered, though. Instead, they summon their courage and write out a witty response that is technically correct but might take the teacher completely by surprise.Our team at...

For the first time since 2014, the Summit boys soccer team is in the second round of the 4A state playoffs and is poised to advance to the quarterfinal round. At the forefront of Summit’s playoff run is senior Owen Gallo, who has been dreaming of this moment since he started playing soccer at the age of 5. Alongside fellow captain Evan Reil, Gallo has helped lead the 11-senior team to 11 wins this season, including the most recent win against Mead High School in the first round of the playoffs in overtime. Gallo, 17, has lived in Summit County...

This post contains affiliate links. I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. You remember nonfiction from school, right? It's dry and tedious, and you'd happily stab yourself in the eyeball with a pencil if it meant you didn't have to read another page of it? Today, I'm here to change your opinion of nonfiction! It's not all boring. Sometimes, it's fast-paced and fascinating. It'll alter the way you see the world. Here are 10 nonfiction books that I couldn't put down. Since I'm a strange creature, the books on my list all have elements of death, destruction, and survival. They're...

[This post is excerpted from Why Smart Teens Hurt. To learn more, please take a look!] It is very common for a coaching client of mine to believe that he has an “attention deficit disorder” and that is what is preventing him from penning his novel or getting his journal article written. Although maybe not officially diagnosed, he is convinced that he has it, and it is because of his disorder that he can’t concentrate, can’t get his work done, and can’t get things completed. And his next wonder? Shouldn’t he be on medication? Does he have a disorder? Or...

The tragedy of Bruce Lee is that we have so little of him and at 32, he was at his prime.  No one knows why he died then.Our bodies have small low risk vulnerabilities unless you train up to an atheletic peak.  Which is why you need to retire before fifty to avoid something nasty.  Peak performance typically runs from 32 through 42 for sports generally and a lot of that is experiencev driven.His wife has made a life after him and that is as good as it gets and obviously something is been done to preserve his legacy.  He...