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An Open Letter to My Students: The Only Advice I Really Have
I talk about Tigger oftentimes in my classes. Without a doubt, it’s one of my students’ favorite lectures. It’s always fun to see #tigger fill my Twitter stream as they face adversity. It reminds me that words can change everything … Continue reading
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As We May Read
I’m going to begin this little essay with the pitch: I’m working on a two-year research project that will examine how people read, extract what makes the experience pleasurable, and prototype how that experience can be re-created in a digital … Continue reading
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Do Not Try to Win Awards, Redux
I love this idea: Do Not Try To Win Awards. This is a message that I hammer home to my students, and one they will all be receiving again in the very near term. Do not try to win awards. … Continue reading
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Hank Moody on Teaching
“But I am saying if you can do anything with your life right now, anything at all, I think you should do that. Because the world doesn’t need anymore lame vampire fiction, you know what I’m saying? You with me … Continue reading
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The Cost of Education
Last night, I entered into a spirited discussion about the importance of higher education with Adam Pennenberg and Noah Robischon, the executive editor of FastCompany.com. Here were our thoughts on the Cost of Education. I used Storify, a software application … Continue reading
Too Much Leaving
Today there is too much leaving. I will return. They will not. I am glad that I had the chance to know them, briefly. They all change me in ways I’ll never fully understand. There is simply too much … Continue reading
“My Life Serves as not a Warning to Others, but a Lighthouse to the Lost Ships at Sea.”
“It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.” Anonymous I was sitting on the front porch of my friend, a former professor, in 1995 when she asked me why I … Continue reading
Make A Thing
In less than a month, seven former students will publish a book of essays. I’ve written about this and until the book is done there’s not much more to say on that matter. But their project inspired yet another lecture … Continue reading
The Tigger Talk: On Life, the Process, and Everything
Grades don’t matter. This is what I tell my students ever week throughout the school year. Education is about the process, I tell them as they roll their eyes, not the product. I implore them to focus on squeezing out … Continue reading
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