Things I Wish My Students Knew - Ellie Reaves - Medium
Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student. Struggling in college? Call. Need a reference? Email. Want to meet up for an in-p...
Things I Wish My Students Knew - Ellie Reaves - Medium
Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student. Struggling in college? Call. Need a reference? Email. Want to meet up for an in-p...
Ode to bell hooks - ZORA
https://irmamcclaurin.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Irma McClaurin https://zora.medium.com/ode-to-bell-hooks-6275c7ddb3d0?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·2 min readImages from bell hooks INSTITUTE, Berea College, bellhooksinstitute.com sista bell hooks, to you, we owe an enormous debt that can never really be repaid in full. You fed our minds, gave us concepts like Black Feminism
Ode to bell hooks - ZORA
https://irmamcclaurin.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Irma McClaurin https://zora.medium.com/ode-to-bell-hooks-6275c7ddb3d0?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·2 min readImages from bell hooks INSTITUTE, Berea College, bellhooksinstitute.com sista bell hooks, to you, we owe an enormous debt that can never really be repaid in full. You fed our minds, gave us concepts like Black Feminism
My Favorite Podcast Is Talking To You On The Phone For Hours
Photo by Mike Meyers on UnsplashI’m no self-help guru but call your friends https://johndevore.medium.com/?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- John DeVore https://medium.com/humungus/my-favorite-podcast-is-talking-to-you-on-the-phone-for-hours-4f244cbfa03a?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·5 min read The internet is a horn of cornucopia overflowing with mostly harmless self-help advice from aspiring gurus. Drink ...
My Favorite Podcast Is Talking To You On The Phone For Hours
Photo by Mike Meyers on UnsplashI’m no self-help guru but call your friends https://johndevore.medium.com/?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- John DeVore https://medium.com/humungus/my-favorite-podcast-is-talking-to-you-on-the-phone-for-hours-4f244cbfa03a?source=post_page-----4f244cbfa03a----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·5 min read The internet is a horn of cornucopia overflowing with mostly harmless self-help advice from aspiring gurus. Drink ...
How People Who Kept Their New Year’s Resolutions Did It
Advice from people who achieved some pretty remarkable goals https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/how-people-who-kept-their-new-years-resolutions-did-it-763e1678591b?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·7 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Time is kinda fake, but the new year nevertheless feels like a clean slate, a moment where you have t...
How People Who Kept Their New Year’s Resolutions Did It
Advice from people who achieved some pretty remarkable goals https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/how-people-who-kept-their-new-years-resolutions-did-it-763e1678591b?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·7 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Time is kinda fake, but the new year nevertheless feels like a clean slate, a moment where you have t...
Is Hope a Dirty Word? - Cai Emmons - Medium
I would like to dismiss 2021 as a terrible, no-good, very bad year, a year to be sept away and forgotten as quickly as possible. After all, it was a year that began with the insurrection and was quickly followed by my ALS diagnosis. Dire on both the public and private fronts. Such a year can’t possibly have been anything other than bad. And yet — it was also the year that I not only had a new book published, I also sold two new books (on the same day!) to come out in 2022. More importantly, i...
Is Hope a Dirty Word? - Cai Emmons - Medium
I would like to dismiss 2021 as a terrible, no-good, very bad year, a year to be sept away and forgotten as quickly as possible. After all, it was a year that began with the insurrection and was quickly followed by my ALS diagnosis. Dire on both the public and private fronts. Such a year can’t possibly have been anything other than bad. And yet — it was also the year that I not only had a new book published, I also sold two new books (on the same day!) to come out in 2022. More importantly, i...
