David Joseph Issabey
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David Joseph Issabey
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Founder/Director, Chestnut State
Individual First, Student Second TM
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Teaching young people to be competitive instead of more valuable values is doing them, and everyone else, a disservice.
Compassion not Competition — Chestnut State Education Consulting
Why Many Values We Teach are Wrong We teach young children many important lessons: that they should share with each other, cooperate with one another, and care for one another. We tell them to be min...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Too many misguided high school students; too many unfulfilled college graduates
Don’t Let Society Pick Your Future — Chestnut State Education Consulting
Selecting a Major Based on Passion and Interest, Not Trend In August 2025, within days of each other, two articles were published— one by The New York Times and one by Newsweek— claiming the same thi...
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August 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Adolescents in a post-covid world coupled with social media noise are numb and suffering
The Death of Interest — Chestnut State Education Consulting
How the Modern Adolescent has Lost Passion, Curiosity, and Wonder Every autumn, high school seniors would anxiously scurry into my office and sit down at my desk. Pulling their laptop out of their ba...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
First official skeet, let's see where it goes
December 7, 2024 at 1:26 AM