My father was a skilled and productive writer. He published many novels, including the recently reissued National Book Award nominee The Balloonist. There were a few non-fiction books as well: some early scholarly work about Italian literature, a book about solo sailing around the world, and a series of literature study guides for students with [...]
On a side street in a wealthy suburban neighborhood overlooking the water, we see: a schoolbus, unmarked, plugged in to someone’s power, clean and obviously customized, with spikes on the front hubcaps. Possibilities include: Cool awesome extreme sports anti-drug mobile extreme awesomeness vehicle! Purpose-built vehicle for school bus races. Intentionally scary Freddy Krueger type schtick [...]
Hello: I was a student at UCLA from 1983 to 1987. In 1987 I was dismissed for poor academic performance, which was sadly an accurate assessment. I am close (I do not know how close) to a degree in English, and I am interested in readmission and in completing my Bachelor’s degree. According to http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/faq/readmissionfaq.htm [...]
My high school biology teacher was an original. Passionate about his subject, honest and plain-spoken, and invariably good-natured, he was a hero to me at the time. I was terrible at biology but I loved the ideas and I loved him. He was a park ranger in the summers, and he took us out on [...]
What were the cliques at your high school or equivalent (ages 14 to 18)? Clarification: This isn’t a request for your particular affiliation or lack thereof; there’s loads of quizzes and “memes” where you can relive that for good or for ill. I’m fishing for descriptions of the social groups from your teen years as [...]
Via The Null Device, a wonderful set of suggested improvement for cheating from a professor at SUNY Buffalo. I hadn’t realized this, but cut and paste is one of the new hazards for the cheater. Watch that formatting!
ch linked me to this marvelous antidrug filmstrip from the 1970s. I have so many memories of filmstrips from my grammar school education. To start with they were the bastard stepchild of movies, which we all loved. On a Friday afternoon we’d hope for a movie. At a minimum there would be entertaining footage of [...]