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…
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…
Change the World… “Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode” 22 Jan 201125 Jan 2011 I love this sign at a preserve: "Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode." These are ducks. The sign explains that Dabblers, such as wigeons, teals, pintails, shovelers, and mallards, have large wings…
Academic Writing… “I Have a Dream” for Writers 17 Jan 20119 Feb 2011 Today you'll probably hear the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And it will probably begin, "I have a dream!" I recently shared his entire speech from the March…
Brain… Favorite Resolution: Breathe 3 Jan 20113 Jan 2011 Breathe. Cheap goal, right? You breathe or you die. Try not to and your brain stem pulls out the override. Just because you're alive, doesn't mean you know how to…
Collaboration… Not a Poem a Day 1 Jan 20116 Jan 2011 “It isn’t every day that the world arranges itself into a poem.” — Wallace Stevens Wally must have been as disappointed about that as I am. Maybe every day a…
Business Communications… Writing pain is not forever 30 Dec 20101 Jan 2011 Rocket scientist Joe Williams has this to say about high school writing: "Frankly, I hated it. I found it so formulaic and forced and stifling that I hated it with…
Brain… Want to be smarter this decade? 29 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 As a child, I often heard that brain cells did not replace themselves, that intelligence was a matter of genetics, that you couldn't teach old dogs new tricks, and that…
Change the World… With every Christmas card you WRITE. 23 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I WRITE." -- Irving Berlin Ha! Caught a few of you writing! You signed your name to a beautiful card.…
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