Event Details
Common Ground Speaker Series at Hockaday
The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family Theater, Hockaday
In April, Hockaday will host this year's Common Ground Speaker Series, an initiative of 14 private schools in the Dallas metroplex that annually welcomes distinguished authors to speak to parents on relevant issues. This year's guest speaker is Dr. Shimi Kang, an award-winning Harvard-trained physician, expert in human motivation, best-selling author, and mother of three.
Dr. Kang shows how, either as a parent or educator, pushing/hovering “tigers” and directionless/permissive “jellyfish” models hinder kids’ internal drive and adaptability. She proposes a powerful new interpersonal model for raising the next generation: the intelligent, strong, joyful, and highly social “dolphin” approach.
By drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, Dr. Kang shows how the dolphin style encourages self-motivation and the key 21st century skills of “CQ”: communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and contribution. Dr. Kang provides the audience with “prescriptions” to cultivate the essential skills needed for true success in our globally connected, fast paced, and ultra-competitive 21st century world.
Dr. Kang will speak at two sessions on the Hockaday campus:
- Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Nasher-Haemisegger Family Theater
- Friday, April 7, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Nasher-Haemisegger Family Theater
Click here for the event flier.
St. Mark’s School of Texas
10600 Preston Road
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
About Us
St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
