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One more exam to go, but I know I definitely did not do well on today’s exam. Just WAY too much information to memorize. I can memorize information fine with multiple choice tests, but having to do practical word-for-word recitation on short answers, I cannot manage that. I am much better at using critical and …

So I was in an internet forum where somebody was debating how today’s youth have no role models. Someone chimed in they have no role models because there are role models, but they prefer to follow the bad ones. What primarily struck me was the comment on the educational system, how its goal seems to …

The only reason I’m happy for this semester to be over is because I’ll never have to do statistics ever again. The professor tried to make it as easy as possible, but stat on its own is Satan’ s bible. Seriously. Words and numbers copulating do not bode well for the English major. So what …

This is perhaps the biggest thing I find absolutely mind-blowing about working at the Writing Center: students who come in on the day their papers are due. Let’s be serious. This isn’t going to do anything at all for you. The most we can do is point out grammatical issues, but even then, we might …

Okay, I should have blogged about this the day it happened, but life is often busy and certain things are more important than others, like yesterday’s Thanksgiving post. In any case, Friday was a hectic day, with students coming in, requiring help on papers and such. For the most part, things were smooth, if a …