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Teacher Man Frank McCourt

January 28th, 2009
Posted in Books . Career . High School . Life . Public School . Reading . Students . Teachers

If I were going to be in the Purchase, NY area on February 2nd, I would buy my tickets immediately so I could attend author Frank McCourt’s talk about his childhood, his teaching career and his writing life. McCourt’s discussion is part of Purchase College’s “Conversations on Creativity, Craft and Career” series. I’ve read McCourt’s [ READ MORE ]

How We Decide

January 15th, 2009
Posted in Books . Life . Research

Ever wonder how it is that we make the choices we do? How does the brain process a decision, be it the split-second or the month-long rumination variety? Why did you choose that particular major? When you’re halfway across the street and a car is speeding toward mortal you, do you run across or turn [ READ MORE ]

Informal Education

October 22nd, 2008
Posted in Books . Education . Life . Post-College . Reading

To state the obvious: Education is not just the formal classroom/teacher/textbook parts of one’s life. There’s also the being out in the world part, away from homework and exams, and continuing to deposit new information and ideas in one’s head. That’s an important phase, because unless you’ve managed to figure out how to get paid [ READ MORE ]

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