In the early 90’s California teachers were getting released in record numbers. There was a huge budget crisis, districts were raising class sizes and eliminating classrooms, which meant many of us had to go. I was a second year teacher, untenured. I received my goodbye notice in March then set out scrambling to find another […]
How to Optimize Performance in an Exam? – 15 Rules for Success in Academic Examinations
Rule 1: Attend all your lessons! This may sound obvious, but attending all your lessons is the key to enhancing your knowledge and skills, whilst being the most effectual method for a comprehensive understanding and memorization of any topic. The memorization of a topic taught in a lesson proves to be more achievable because it […]
Talcott Parsons
Talcott Parsons, (born Dec. thirteen, 1902, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. – died May eight, 1979, Munich, West Germany), American sociologist as well as scholar whose concept of social activity influenced the intellectual bases of many disciplines of contemporary sociology. His job is actually concerned with a common theoretical method for the evaluation of modern society […]
Good Writing Bad Writing And Market Forces
What is it that drives some novels to the top of the commercial sales charts while other books wallow in poor sales rankings? What makes a blockbuster? Great writing? Maybe not. A while back I published a blog, Bringing the Curtain Down, in which I speculated on when and why the author of a thriller […]
Critical Analysis of Satichidanandan’s Poem: The Mad
The Mad can be analyzed from several points of view. Let’s look at the poem from the angle of New Criticism. New criticism focuses on the aesthetic adornment of the poem. The poet says that their language is not of dreams but of moonlight and it overflows on the full moon day. The poet is […]
Apple and Steve Jobs – The Power of Framing
This post is the finishing of an idea I’ve had for quite a while regarding one of my favorite communications principles: framing. I was set to write this purely from an academic perspective when a couple of serendipitous items crossed my attention. First, Apple unleashed the Macintosh 26 years ago today. (And as an early […]
Langston Hughes – The Life, Times, Works as Well as Impact of a Versatile African-American Writer
Langston Hughes stands as a literary and cultural translation of the political resistance and campaign of black consciousness leaders such as Martin Luther King to restore the rights of the black citizenry thus fulfilling the ethos of the American dream, which is celebrated universally every year around February to April. Hughes’ overriding sense of a […]
Emergency Course Descriptions for Anxious Homeschool Parents
Some homeschool parents are really organized; they keep up with their high school course descriptions each year, so that when senior year arrives, they’re ready to pop their student’s comprehensive records into the mail with all those college applications, and sit back and wait for the scholarships to roll in. Then there’s the typical homeschool […]
The Physical Benefits of Skipping Rope
For most of us, our first contact with skipping rope is on a playground, and it is usually just a game, mostly enjoyed by girls…and usually referred to as “jump rope.” However, for many professional athletes, the physical benefits of skipping rope make it an attractive part of their fitness regimen. Few exercise methods can […]
IELTS Writing Task 2 – Writing Concluding Sentences
Most candidates have difficulty completing the IELTS Writing Task 2 essay on time. However, candidates seeking higher band scores, say, 7 and above, should plan to write a conclusion paragraph that includes not just a Restatement of the Thesis but a true, concluding sentence as well. The purpose of the concluding sentence is to leave […]