The notion was introduced to me today, not for the first time, that writing = learning. One does not write because one Knows, one Knows through writing. This sounds like the snake-eating-tail conundrum on the surface, for how can one write what one does not know about? But knowing and understanding are separate beasts, and [...]
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Writing to Write to be Writing
Posted in School, Writing on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Semester Sidenotes
Posted in School on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The fall term officially started last Monday because a certain unnamed West Hartford college does not hold with the certain Hartford college’s traditional observance of waiting until after Labor Day to begin. This on the heels of learning at the eleventh hour that one of my classes would be canceled. My affection for this place [...]
To Be… Impactful
Posted in School, Writing on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is so damned easy to go for the cute, trite, and tidy. I did it again in my haste to catch up with the gang on 100 Days. My brain ran away and took all the fun with it last weekend. Oh, I could think, read, write, but it was all conscripted to academic [...]
Under Advisement…
Posted in Light Thoughts, School on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
advisor: n. one who gives advice; a teacher responsible for advising students on academic matters; a fortuneteller.
Another desired role has come my way today: I have been chosen to be an advisor to new IDP students entering Trinity in the fall. It wasn’t very long ago that I was in dire need of the same [...]
What can one do in 100 days?
Posted in Reading, School, Writing on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If your name is Steve or Sue, Maggie or Jim, Carrieanne or Neha or John, you are steadfastly building up a cache of creative expression. The 100 Days Project, in its second incarnation, includes not only the written and visual, but menus, photos, bitstream and hypertext. The whimsical is employed with the lofty, and we [...]
