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Get out your pencils, everyone.
Hm. I’d had a hunch this was true, just based on my own classroom observations. There’s a new study out that suggests writing lecture/meeting notes by hand ends up helping you remember them better: Mueller and Oppenheimer started by having subjects watch a lecture on a screen, and assigning them to take notes either by…
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The Backstory: Memorial Day, America, God, and Country
My Backstory series offers stories about my upbringing and background. You can find the whole series under the category “Biography,” if you’re interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Memorial Day was never complicated when I was a kid. We lived on top of a mountain in Appalachia in the middle of the woods. Flagpoles weren’t part of the natural landscape, but…
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Link: Rule Keeping in a City of Elder Brothers | To Tell You The Truth
We don’t need more rule keeping and putting people on probation which is unwaveringly inept and powerless to change lives. We need the cross. via Rule Keeping in a City of Elder Brothers | To Tell You The Truth.
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So what makes a good job, anyway?
Two of my coworkers were having a discussion today about job satisfaction that swirled around me while I was doing my work, and my mind floated in and out of their words. By the time I was walking out the door, keys in hand and shouts of Freedom! in mind, the seed of this post had…
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An Open Letter to People Getting Married
Dear Lovely Engaged People Planning Weddings, You are about to embark on a new world of amazing married adventures. Really. Marriage is great. Well, mine has been, anyway. I guess since I don’t know you, I can’t really speak to yours. All things being equal, if you’re a decent person and your fiancee is decent,…
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