The Crystal World Book Review
As I have read more and more fiction books, I have noticed that my process for finding new authors/books has radically changed over time. When I was working early in the morning at my retail job, I would quickly browse good reads for highly rated short stories (under 6 hours) that I could listen to […]
Something in My Teeth
Pocket Aces. The flop is Jack, Queen, King suited. Just need the 10 spade to hit. In my entire poker career I’ve only hit one other time, and I didn’t even know I’d hit it. That was back when I was 13 playing for money to eat. 10 spades. Now I’m 56. People around this […]
On Rousseau’s View of Education
“The noblest work of education is to make a reasoning man, and we expect to train a young child by making him reason! This is beginning at the end; this is making an instrument of a result. If children understood how to reason they would not need to be educated.” – J.-J. Rousseau, excerpt from […]
Defending the Degree: An Anthology
As I approach the end of my undergraduate degree, I’ve been wanting to write about what I have learned and what my overall take on college is. Ever since I started college in 2019, I feel like there has been a growing trend that is anti-college. Critics of the college degree generally cite the financial […]
The Business Opportunity
Thursday After a long day of medium-hard labor— walking on redundantly themed white tile, and unboxing the same big box into the same small box— it was time for the most glorious moment of the day. The walk towards the time clock is arguably better than actually clocking out. With each step, the excitement grows. […]