I was thinking back on the post I wrote about the one vocabulary word from high school that I still remember ("virtually"), when I realized that that wasn't the only memorable vocabulary experience I had in school. In elementary school I was fortunate enough to be placed in a 5th/6th grade combo class as a… Continue reading Over Prepared
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College Nostalgia
Ever since I listened to the audio book of Zealot, I've been thinking a lot about my undergrad years. I've talked in the past about my intensity of purpose during those years, and about my history classes. My memories keep focusing around a World History class I took. As a history major, most of my… Continue reading College Nostalgia
Grammar Pet Peeves
Years ago I was at a cocktail party when a woman came up to me and offered her hand. As we were shaking she said, "I was walking by and I heard you properly use 'fewer' in a sentence. That is so rare these days that I had to meet you." We had a delightful… Continue reading Grammar Pet Peeves
First Day of School
Throughout my childhood, the day after Labor Day was the first day back to school. I was always so excited for that day. After what I perceived as a long, boring summer, I got to return to the land of my friends, a structured environment, and me being me, the loving embrace of external validation… Continue reading First Day of School
Procrastination
Months ago I came up with the idea of writing a blog post on procrastination. I even came up with a killer title: Stop procrastinating ... tomorrow. Then I never got around to writing it. I couldn’t make it live up to the awesomeness of the title! That being said, in my 40 years on… Continue reading Procrastination
Grown Up, Now What? 