Teachers

Today I would like to salute community colleges. To be honest, what is the first thing we think about when someone says "community college"? I can tell you one thing, whatever they say is probably not anything particularly positive. Community colleges come with the stigma of serving poorer students or students who maybe don't do that well academically. At risk students, right?  Read More »

This year, at one California High School, the annual Senior Prank was carried out by... the faculty?  Read More »

The Masai are my personal obcession and the most prominent tribe in Kenya. They still live traditionally, dress traditionally, and practice their religion and customs, roaming their land with their cattle, which determine their wealth. They are known as the most fearsome fighters and smartest men, and afterall, Kenya was their land.  Read More »

I've noticed alot lately the complete lack of respect kids of every age have for teachers. Now, I'm only 17, but surly even I can see how much teachers mean to us as a society. People in 3rd world countries (and even some developed ones) would do ANYTHING for the same education that we've thrown aside like leftover scrapes.  Read More »

*Warning: This is a rant. If you aren't in the mood to read a rant, find some other blog to read.

So, I'm in my last semester of college, with a 4.0 major GPA (in biology), and a 3.98 overall GPA. Basically, I have to royally screw up my grades this semester in order to not graduate summa cum laude.

Which is why having a professor that grades so arbitrarily frustrates me so much.  Read More »

So there has been a fairly recent phenomenon on the Internet that I have used over and over again for school. Wikipedia always seems to have the answers that I need. Sometimes I go straight to Wikipedia to search for what I want, other times I go to Google to search and Wikipedia is in the top two or three results. It is almost like magic.  Read More »

College has forced me to open my eyes to views other people may have, and I am doing my best to integrate open-mindedness into my view of the world.

One world view, however, that I fear I will never completely accept, is Islam. (Muslims, may you forgive me, but I will explain.)  Read More »

Don't tell me it's not true. Don't tell me that you've NEVER had a single teacher that intimidated you and made you feel itty bitty. Don't tell me you've never had a bad teacher, resulting in bad grades for you. It happens to the best of us.

I'm not sure if there have been studies on this, or if there are statisctics to prove this or back me up on this. I'm just going from my experience.  Read More »