quality control: Publish Oreo, perish. keywords: allusion, Language Arts

monsters: by their frights you shall know them keywords: recognition, Biblical allusion, Bible

A: Give me a sentence containing ‘demise’. B: The cat has nine lives, and demise run from it. keywords: ESL, Language Arts, chase, death

Here is the link to a discussion of this teaching technique. keywords: education, instruction, training, learning

Nature endows men to be a boss at mls, and endows women to be a boss at gls, and since gls is ‘superior’ to mls, Lady Astor’s quote, “I married beneath me. All women do.” is spot-on. (cf: “She’s already at where he wants to be.”) A man uses his mls endowment to build his … Continue reading lorem ipsum →

Nothing’s easier to understand than a large footprint. (cf: Dostoyevsky’s quote about lopping off heads, and cf the idea that you should pick the day-trader whose details of operation you understand the least) keywords: life, General Systems Theory

Here is the link. keywords: life, priority, priorities, grades, college

There is a natural tendency to try to substitute procedure for process. It’s hard for the recipients of this ruse to defend against it, but its telltale effect is boredom. Wodehouse’s “Treatment is everything.” is an emphatic acknowledgement that process needs to have priority over procedure, and the nub of Paul Graham’s essay “THE LESSON … Continue reading OBSERVATION →

Only those who bring things full circle will undertake bank shots. keywords: life, General Systems Theory, initiative

Here’s the link. keywords: life, recommendations, lists