I once sat in a communications lecture in which the professor announced, “There’s no such thing as altruism.” I raised my hand.
Read MoreMy office mate’s eyes light up when he begins talking about a new approach he’s just tried with his college students that worked really well. He clearly loves what he does, and he’s endlessly curious about how he can do his job even better.
Read MoreI’ve always been suspicious of those couples who have that parent-child thing going on. It makes me nervous
Read MoreMy husband claims that people take one look at me and start spilling their life stories. To be honest, it’s kind of true. I think folks can tell I’m genuinely interested. Sometimes
Read MoreThe other day, I was talking with my English composition class about the importance of identifying their criteria of evaluation in working on their upcoming “write a review” assignment. I pointed out that in our everyday lives, we’re constantly doing evaluations
Read MoreWhen I got to grad school, one of the first things impressed upon me was that if I wanted to write novels, I needed to pay careful attention to character development.
Read MoreLast weekend, I spent all day Saturday reviewing and commenting on my students’ first drafts of their memoirs, as well as working on Sunday’s comprehensive sexuality education
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