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Change the World…

You Can’t Want It More than They Do

2 Mar 2011
A dear friend often reminds me: "You can't want it more than they do!" How often have I campaigned for someone's results so relentlessly, I've forgotten whose fight it was.…
Change the World…

Stories from College Drop-In Steve Jobs

1 Mar 201110 Mar 2011
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have…
Brain…

My Students’ Best Advice

28 Feb 2011
My students are in finals week. I asked for advice to pass along to future students, and they all said, DON'T FALL BEHIND! They sound even more adamant than I…
Change the World…

Are You Present?

17 Feb 201117 Feb 2011
My tag cloud records that I write with surprising frequency about "Being Present." It makes me laugh. Zen master, I am not. Obviously that's a message I crave. But today…
Academic Writing…

Why Do I Have to Take this Class Anyway?

10 Feb 201112 Feb 2011
I haven't studied math since high school. I excelled in it. I took all four years of accelerated classes, keeping college majoring options open. Then I tested out of college…
Baby Boomers…

How to Stop Time

9 Feb 20119 Feb 2011
A student who's juggling unemployment stress and family crises (while still getting his schoolwork done) asked, "Can you just tell me how to stop time?" The same day, my son…
Academic Writing…

New Messages on Texting

7 Feb 20118 Feb 2011
Could texting be good for literacy? Some early and brief studies are suggesting that it might not hurt as much as you fear. Students who spell well in general can…
Creativity…

Did I Miss Anything?

5 Feb 20114 Feb 2011
When Billy Collins was the United States Poet Laureate, he encouraged schools to read a poem a day: no analysis, no writing assignments, only the pure nourishment of experiencing a…
Academic Writing…

How to Get that Easy A

3 Feb 20113 Feb 2011
Show up. Show up on time, every time. Stay the whole time. Read the instructions. Listen to instructions. Try common sense. Be sober. Care for your health. Choose to learn.…
Completion…

Day is done

2 Feb 2011
Day is done, gone the sun, from the lakes from the hills from the sky. All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh. That version of Taps is one of…
Academic Writing…

I Am Woman; Call Me She

27 Jan 201127 Jan 2011
Since Facebook already knows whether you are male or female, and even distinguishes between your "Cousin (male)" and "Cousin (female)," a distinction the English language doesn’t make, then why can't…
Blogging…

A Slice of Sky

26 Jan 201126 Jan 2011
As soon as I discovered William Herschel's music and bio on KBAQ, I wanted to adopt the man as an honorary ancestor. William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel) professional musician and…

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