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  • If You Need Something, Get it From Someone that Has it

    If you need something, ask for it. I wonder what you think of first when you think about what your need is. It says a lot about you – whatever… Read more

  • Sometimes Teachers Don’t Teach Anything New

    …..they just take all the things that you already know and put it together for their students in a new way. Just because you’re not learning anything new doesn’t mean… Read more

  • Expelliopenus

    After shopping tonight, we were headed back to the car and I took the key out and pointed it to the car and said “Expelliopenus,” and the door magically unlocked… Read more

  • Identity Accountability

    Recently, I wrote about my Foodie Identity.  I’m not even sure what that means, but one thing about any of your identities – your true friends will call you out… Read more

  • My Unco Wem Identity

    I was reminiscing with a great friend – Scott Reitz – about when we lived in Minnesota together.  That was over 5 years ago.  We were talking about shoveling snow… Read more

  • The Internet Amplifies Everything

    So Seth Godin wrote about how the Internet as Envy Amplifier. The Internet amplifies everything. It creates a caricature of you. It is a “safe” place to explore those aspects… Read more

  • Why You Keep Checking Twitter and Facebook

    You keep checking becauase that means that someone needed you. You keep checking because we all need to be needed. It’s so much easier to communciate it with social media.… Read more

  • What if You Got Beat Up for Your Identity?

    Bryan Stow did.  That’s right.  He showed up to a Dodger game dressed in a Giants jersey – just like millions have done before.  This time around though, he was… Read more

  • Becoming a Fanboy Clouds Thinking

    So it’s a random thought on my way to church today. Fanboy definition from the Interwebs: 1. A person who is completely loyal to a game or company reguardless of… Read more

  • A Post Ethnic Identity

    I gave a lecture this week on a Post-ethnic Identity. In the US, we have all sorts of ethnicities that claim to be American. What does that even mean? We… Read more

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I’m Lem Usita, Ed.D.

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