Number of words: 136 We tend to put a great deal of faith in travelling. Bacon said it was education for the younger, experience for the elder. It is “broadening,” we tell ourselves; it’s what we’ll do when we retire and our lives are our town. It grows us up, lets us change. Who has … Read more
Number of words: 592 Among the most interesting observations in the thirty volume between 1915 and 1941 are those Woolf made about diary-keeping itself. She is, in her diaries, one of the great critics of the genre. The activity is, after all, so queer, so ad hoc, and supposedly so private, that it doesn’t seem … Read more
Number of words: 149 Time-lapse photography offers odd pleasures: Gaudy flowers blooming in a second, skyscrapers flinging them selves upward in a half a minute. Reading someone’s life in one of these huge chronicle diaries can be a little like watching it that way: you go through a year in maybe an hour or two. … Read more
Number of words: 735 J.M Barrie once wrote that the “life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.” On the whole, I think, this is … Read more
Number of words: 137 Longafter the practical value of explorers records has become obsolete, their appeal for ordinary readers remains strong. Richard Hakluyt knew this when he collected, in his Voyages, the stories of the discoveries made by sixteenth century pioneers. It may be an aeronautical and diplomatic snap to get into China today, but … Read more
Number of words: 145 We praised other students for their efforts: “Wow, you got eight right. That’s a really good score. You must have worked really hard.” They were not made to feel that they had some special gift; they were praised for doing what it takes to succeed. Both groups were exactly equal to … Read more
Number of words: 225 I won’t dwell on the intensity of my discomfort on the poor quality of my artwork, although both were painfully clear. I tell this this story as a prelude to the astonishment and joy I felt when I read ‘Drawing on the right side of the brain.’ On the opposite page … Read more
Number of words: 260 Advice to students which can be construed as constructive criticism. “I like that you took on that challenging project for your science class. It will take a lot of work – doing the reaserch, designing the apparatus, buying the parts, and building it. Boy, you are going to learn a lot … Read more
Number of words: 134 Adam Guettel has been called the crown prince and savior musical theatre. He is the grandson of Richard Rodgers, the man who wrote the music to such classic as Oklaboma! And Carousel. Guettel’s mother gushes about her son’s genius. So does everyone else. “The is there and it’s major,” raved a … Read more
Number of words: 123 Bullying is about judging. It’s about establishing who is more worthy or important. The more powerful kids judge the less powerful kids. They judge them to be less valuable human beings, and they rub their faces in it on a daily basis. And it’s clear what the bullies get out of … Read more
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