1) Man with the Oxen Dark brown was the oxen heading down the brown road in Port du Prince, Haiti, by the orphanage (in July of 1986); and browner the hides on the oxen as it stretched backwards, but the long thick horns, pale white! Driven and toiled, tired and worn were the oxen, blending […]
Secrets of Academic Success: Passion
Chinua Achebe started school at St Philips Central School, Apkakaogwe Ogidi in 1936. He was asked to proceed to the religious class where pupils engaged in singing and sometimes dancing of the catechism, chanting of English rhymes, and general entertainment. After he had spent a week in the religious class, his teacher, Rev. Nelson Ezekwesili […]
Simple Stress Management Techniques: How to Calm Down and Cope
When confronting a tiger, a surge of adrenalin, cortisone and other stress hormones sets us up to get away and survive. But when confronting a traffic jam, an angry customer or an overdue bill, the same inherent stress response becomes counterproductive, even damaging. We need ways to manage our stress which reduce these automatic reactions […]
A Student-Teacher’s Reflection on School Relationships
Student teaching provides students with a hands-on opportunity to get a taste of teaching before they begin their career as an educator and creates opportunities for individuals to work not only with the students in the school, but the staff as well. Educators need to know how to act around students, but a student teacher […]
From Zero to 100: Anxiety-Free Ways to Generate Ideas in Writing College Essays
I had a friend when I was a kid who had Japanese fighting fish. One night, during a sleepover party at her house, one of them devoured the other. I remember staring at them for a long time before hitting the sack — their fancy, elaborate blue fins like diaphanous curtains swaying this way and […]
Use Fear and Grow!
Fear is an emotion we all experience from time to time; however, did you know that you can turn fear into courage? Yes, you can and all it takes is time, effort and a desire to overcome fear. There are several steps in changing fear into courage and they are: accepting it, identifying it, feeling […]
The Long And The Short Of The Short Story
Congratulations! You’ve plucked up the courage to enter a short story competition. You’ve had a go at a few short stories in the past and you’ve been wanting to tackle a novel for ages, but the idea was way too daunting so you’ve just shoved that to the bottom of your life’s “To Do” list. […]
Tips, Tools & Resources to Find Great Freelance Writers for Hire
Perhaps you’re completing a site redesign. Or on the other hand, you’re venturing up the distributing calendar of your blog. Or on the other hand, you’re propelling an email pamphlet. The conceivable situations are ample, however at the focal point of all is one need: You need to contract great freelance writers. How hard could […]
The Hybrid Subject in J.M. Coetzee’s "Boyhood"
Throughout the 20th century, notions such as identity, self and the other have been consequently constructed and deconstructed and have received new areas of interest. The notion of hybrid identity, for example, has been transformed from a technique of distinguishing pure from infected blood (from a racial point of view, but not only), to one […]
How to Write an Application Cover Letter
If you are considering going looking for a job, one of the most daunting tasks you will be facing on your job-search endeavor is probably the task of writing an application cover letter. Your application cover letter is, after all, the first thing about you that an employer sees; and depending on how you present […]