How will you measure success?

In an Op-Ed for the Seattle Times, Shoshana Wineburg writes about how cell phones cut us off from each other.  It's a cool article, and you can read it here (and respond with your own thoughts on our blog).  Her bio at the end of the piece reads like this: 

 “Shoshana Wineburg graduated from Stanford University in 2009 with a degree in American Studies. She waits tables in Seattle.”

Readers flooded the paper with comments about how sad it was that this Stanford grad was only waiting tables and not achieving something more substantial.  Wineburg responds in her own blog here.  

How do you measure success?  What must your life look like now to be defined as successful?  What must it look like when you graduate from college?  What defines success? 

Does technology bring us closer together or tear us apart?

Many complain that our technology makes us more concerned with the virtual world rather than the world under our feet and in front of our face.  Has technology torn us apart from each other or drawn us closer together?

What's wrong with boys????

We talk a lot about the pressures of being a young girl today.  With high rates of anorexia, cutting, and depression, there is no denying the social pressures girls endure.

But, what is it like to be a boy these days?  What pressures does society put on them?  How do they handle it?

Why do boys statistically drop out of school more often, attend college less frequently, and get poorer grades than girls?

What do you think???