Have you ever wondered about the full story of Rip Van Winkle? I have only ever known that he slept a lot, but never knew the story in full. So, thanks to Wikipedia I learned something new today. Random, you might say? Well, yesterday I laid down to take a short nap and woke up…

So, this term I was given five hours a week of what is called ‘release’ time, which means non-teaching time. This was in payment for the time I spent coordinating earlier in the year. I had sort of forgotten about it or assumed that I would not receive the time given that I had only…

For me and most of the American population the 5th of May mostly means eating Mexican food and having some margaritas. I would gather that the vast majority of us have no idea really what the day signifies. I only know that it has some important historical context since most holidays are the case. I…

Back in my early education days I was notorious for getting my work done right away. I always thought about how if I finished my homework early, then I would have more free time to do other things. It was a good foundation for entering university. I never had those typical all-nighters working on an…

So, I guess I got busy this week and it passed without me writing as much. I’d like to say it was because I was busy writing other things (ie my lit review chapter!), but alas that was not the case. It was just an extremely busy week at work that left me exhausted. I…