Growing Up Geek

The trio of Chad, Jaime and Shannon give you some anecdotes about traveling with kids, eating fake food, going to juvi for not having lunch with dad and fire ants attack.

The trio of Chad, Jaime and Shannon give you some anecdotes about traveling with kids, eating fake food, going to juvi for not having lunch with dad and fire ants attack.

Chad, Jaime and Shannon take the seriousness down a notch this episode and share some funny anecdotes about daily life with their children.  They touch on breaking the Santa Claus news to an older child, what happens if you wake up when the tooth fairy comes, teaching their kids proper eating habits and you get the full story on where Gizmo came from and why Lorelei is obsessed with him.

Chad, Jaime and Shannon take the seriousness down a notch this episode and share some funny anecdotes about daily life with their children.  They touch on breaking the Santa Claus news to an older child, what happens if you wake up when the tooth fairy comes, teaching their kids proper eating habits and you get the full story on where Gizmo came from and why Lorelei is obsessed with him.

During this episode of the Growing up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon are joined by author and college professor Marquis Nave.  It’s a little bit of a heavy episode as they discuss introducing their children to adversity, race, and bullying.  They touch on the pool party incident in Mckinney, TX, if it’s ok to show up at a school dressed as a storm trooper and if Bronies have bodies buried under their homes.

More information on books by Marquis Nave can be found below, you can also purchase his books here

“Author Marquis R. Nave’s voice permeates Sweet Orisa as the clear call of a neorealist African-American following in the footsteps of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. The voice within these pages forces it way into the exclusive conversation. The author deals with the challenges of attaining communityhood, self-determination, equality, and the recognition of African-American humanity.Emotional and evocative, the stories in Sweet Orisa comprise a journey centered in rage, loss, and frustration that transforms to forgiveness, self-determination, and identity.”

 

 

 

 

The education system provides a great way to peer into the potential of the human mind, but it’s come up short in unleashing it. Marquis R. Nave, who has taught English at the college level for 10 years, has discovered that student’s minds are the center of education and that their ideas about their mental capabilities is crucial to developing a new education. Students who don’t believe in the creative power of their minds end up being trained to do work. Educators and educational institutions must help them activate their mental potential so they can create solutions for themselves and the world. In a series of essays, Nave examines the shortcomings of the education system, challenging the way we perceive and think about knowledge, education, and our own awareness. A second section helps students write effective, college-level essays. Whether you’re a student, an educator, or a supporter of educational reform, A New Education for New Minds will spark ideas that have long lingered in your own mind.

 

During this episode of the Growing up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon are joined by author and college professor Marquis Nave.  It’s a little bit of a heavy episode as they discuss introducing their children to adversity, race, and bullying.  They touch on the pool party incident in Mckinney, TX, if it’s ok to show up at a school dressed as a storm trooper and if Bronies have bodies buried under their homes.

More information on books by Marquis Nave can be found below, you can also purchase his books here

“Author Marquis R. Nave’s voice permeates Sweet Orisa as the clear call of a neorealist African-American following in the footsteps of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. The voice within these pages forces it way into the exclusive conversation. The author deals with the challenges of attaining communityhood, self-determination, equality, and the recognition of African-American humanity.Emotional and evocative, the stories in Sweet Orisa comprise a journey centered in rage, loss, and frustration that transforms to forgiveness, self-determination, and identity.”

 

 

 

 

The education system provides a great way to peer into the potential of the human mind, but it’s come up short in unleashing it. Marquis R. Nave, who has taught English at the college level for 10 years, has discovered that student’s minds are the center of education and that their ideas about their mental capabilities is crucial to developing a new education. Students who don’t believe in the creative power of their minds end up being trained to do work. Educators and educational institutions must help them activate their mental potential so they can create solutions for themselves and the world. In a series of essays, Nave examines the shortcomings of the education system, challenging the way we perceive and think about knowledge, education, and our own awareness. A second section helps students write effective, college-level essays. Whether you’re a student, an educator, or a supporter of educational reform, A New Education for New Minds will spark ideas that have long lingered in your own mind.

 

On the very first episode of the Growing Up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon introduce themselves and share their geek parenting cred.  This podcast is going to focus on parenting stories, and topics in a geeky world.  For the first episode the trio keeps it light and Spider-Man causes a school shutdown, wait… what?!?

On the very first episode of the Growing Up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon introduce themselves and share their geek parenting cred.  This podcast is going to focus on parenting stories, and topics in a geeky world.  For the first episode the trio keeps it light and Spider-Man causes a school shutdown, wait… what?!?