The squeaky wheel gets the grease, which is true for a number of situations.  Take a classroom, for example. Those students who act out, talk out, and disrupt others are constantly in need of teacher "grease" to get them back on track.  Finally, I&#…

I recently spent way too much time on Facebook talking parents off the math homework ledge.  I'm sure you've see these posts from time to time - the ones where they post a picture of a math problem and ask, "Can you believe what they want my kid …