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...There are some people who would say that they are highly effective teachers at the age of 70, and there are people who are never going to be highly effective teachers or producers,” said Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. “So age doesn’t get you too far. It’s too blunt an instrument...
...would drag myself out of bed at 7:30 on Saturday mornings to watch ESPN College Gameday, college football’s only show that broadcasts live in front of a crowd of rowdy college students cheering on their alma mater’s team. I was never one to sacrifice sleep, but come college football season, sleep always took a backseat to the pigskin...
...recall these things because, in some ways, I am still like that. I’m not the kind of person who goes for palm readings or deciphers tarot cards, and I never thought Ms. Cleo was any more clairvoyant than a fortune on a popsicle stick. But as suspicious and dry as I may be, I like to think that there is some sort of order to things. It may as well be a cosmic...
...remember being cynical even as a young child. I never liked horses or movies with dogs as the protagonists. Whenever I played Barbie with friends I would rename the doll “Vivian” and weave tragic yarns in which she wound up destitute and hopeless, forced to sell her dream house to Keisha and curse philandering Ken. (My elder sister watched The Lifetime Network...
...which it stands. Numerous important movements in U.S. history began with individuals who recognized injustice and inequality in society and did something about it. His conscientious objection was a principled act of disobedience that deserved respect and encouragement rather than derision. The ideals of the Pledge of Allegiance may never completely align with the realities of society, but there’s no reason to why people like Will Phillips shouldn’t strive to narrow...