Today’s post is by Orchard.  First off an introduction of myself is in order as this is my first actual post!  I’ve been around for a while writing behemoth-sized responses to threads which then require massive digestion on the parts of readers.  I’d apologize for that, but doing so might imply some level of contrition or intention to stop.  Since neither is the case, I’ll say that I am aware that it does cause some people’s brains to go into shock mode.  I am a research associate at a large educational research organization and my background is in Industrial/Organizational Psychology–all of which means that I study human behavior for a living and I have a strong background in statistics and good research methodology.  I am also a writer by nature–it’s not a matter of if I write, but what. Continue reading…