Author: Tara
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Busy and yet not so much…
My lovely writing streak has fallen apart, but that’s okay. It’s been a little bit hectic, but at the same time not really around here. Although it is not yet the end of the semester here, with the upcoming three-week holiday, there is a lot going on this week with events, exams and meetings at…
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_Letters to a Young Teacher_
_Letters to a Young Teacher_ by Jonathan Kozol I don’t really know if this counts as pleasure reading, but most of my reading lately consists of journal articles or primary sources for my dissertation topic. However, as I was perusing our library at ZU, I found this book. Since I had read _Savage Inequalities_ by…
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Nine out of ten…
When you try to prove you are right do you throw out some outrageous statistic that hasn’t been proven just to convince the other person how wrong s/he is? Then, in the next breath would you discount any counterargument made in reference to a difference in expectations/communication styles between men and women, which is actually…
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Is anyone else out there?
A friend of mine wrote a really lovely post on his blog about his struggle with depression. As a fellow sufferer of bouts of depression and dealing with my own “un-labeled” or self-diagnosed bipolar I or preferably called “ups and downs”, I really appreciate it when I find people sharing their own stories. Today my…
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New Year’s Preamble
Why wait until the new year to start re-evaluating and preparing to re-align my life goals? Since I don’t like to call them resolutions as it just tends to set me up for failure, I do like to take a step back from the path I am on to see if it is heading in…
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Brain drain or brain break?
In an email that I received last week, the writer made a comment about how she thinks Facebook and other such media affect people’s patience and ability to write or think. It made me think about the amount of time I spend on the computer and watching TV rather than reading or writing like I…
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Happy National Day to the UAE
It’s National Day today – December 2nd – and this year is the 40th anniversary of the country’s formation. 40 years young and yet so surprisingly advanced. The Emiratis do love their country, I mean who wouldn’t when your leader gives pay raises just for being a national? Still, there are big plans this weekend…
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Pottery Update
It takes a while for me to finish projects in pottery because of the time it takes to fire and glaze as well as I can be somewhat inconsistent in attending classes. However, a full batch of items were finished up last week and so here they are! [shashin type=”photo” id=”4399,4400,4401,4402,4403,4404,4405,4406,4407,4398,4397″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”]
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Gardening – Part 3
After just one week of planting seeds, the seedlings for almost all of them have gone up like crazy. I already need to transplant some of them before they fall over! [shashin type=”photo” id=”4389,4390,4391,4392,4395,4396,4393″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] The rest of the plants have also been doing quite well in this cooler, but still warm…
