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The Monster We Have Created
An interesting article on high school students wanting to get into colleges where they have been waitlisted. We really have created a generation where kids think they DO deserve everything, and are shocked, SHOCKED, when they get rejected or waitlisted. Plus, there are some parents who are shocked, SHOCKED! as well and pester the admissions offices. One particular comment from…
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Graduation Day
It’s Commencement for North Central University, where I teach as an adjunct. This class represents a significant number of students I have known their entire college career. Among them are students I have had the privilege of mentoring one on one for a couple of years, those we have had over to our house at various times, those who have…
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It might be spring!
The weather is amazing… finally. It means a couple of things. 1. People are really in a good mood today! 2. It also means the end of the semester for me as adjunct faculty. This year I am finding is a bit tougher. I know quite a few students who are graduating. It is rewarding in that I know so…
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Best Commencement Speech EVER
This has been making the rounds on Facebook, but when I saw the speaker was David McCullough (and I hope it’s the historian), I couldn’t resist putting some of his remarks here. We need extraordinary people in our world, but it doesn’t come just because someone told us it was so. The full speech is HERE. Resist the easy comforts of…
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