Ed Observers
COVID-19
Students’ complicated relationship with WiFi
Students often joke about renaming the University’s WiFi network from “UR_Connected” to “UR_Not_Connected,” and I’m beginning to understand why.
college
Higher education, goats, and me
I discovered that I really only wanted to do two things — to live a full, passionate life, and to make good art about it.
2020 Election
A country comes of age
Joe Biden is willing to listen to this country and do what it takes to fix it.
2020 Election
Pretty please will you get your lazy ass to the voting booth on Nov. 3?
To not vote is to give up what say — however small — you do have in our government.
Environment
Save the planet: Repurpose your Halloween costume
I have a proposal: Normalize wearing Halloween costumes year round.
motivation
What is success?
Success is the ability to keep persevering, not letting material gains or losses define you.
anxiety
Conquering anxiety takes practice
Sometimes I’m stronger than my anxiety, other times my anxiety overpowers me. But I keep trying, and I keep improving.
class discussion
How not to have class discussions
There’s a difference between engaging with the material and engaging with your own ego.
american politics
A tale of two cities
Rochester champions people who fought for the less fortunate, and perhaps that makes it more able to accept that things need to change, rather than simply looking the other way.
COVID-19
Laundry room etiquette during COVID-19
It’s already a sin to take someone’s wet clothes out of the washer (and not put them in a dryer), but it’s even worse to do that when we’re in a pandemic.