I am officially on Spring break as of today, Friday March 8th. Until Monday, March 18th. I feel called to share the fact that it felt incredibly good to finally allow myself to sleep in until 8:30 am and lounge about in bed until almost 9:30 am, before getting up to start the day. I […]
I know, the first thing that might Spring to mind (don’t mind the pun, given the title), is that fact I am writing this as warmer temperatures start to creep in, the sun is setting a little later, and in some places there may be buds at the ends of branches or crocus blooming in
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The clock struck midnight in waves around the globe, the chimes ushered in the new calendar year a few weeks ago by now. This time of year is always oddly bittersweet to me. A month before my personal “new year”, aka my birthday and also quite cold and dreary. At least, since I currently live
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More time has passed than I originally intended, which is unfortunate, but life ran away from me a bit towards the end of the semester. So, what has unfolded in the last… two months? First, the campus job: I made the executive decision to jump ship. It was getting to the point that the students
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The Unpleasant Past Numerous times in the past I’ve mentioned my hate-hate relationship with “school” (aka I hate school and it hates me). Especially the American educational institutions, bound by the American accreditation system & positively draconian mentality toward education at every level. Don’t even get me started on the pointless “Core Curriculum” at 90%
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