Ed Observers
Ed Observers
On compulsive crying
I know I am not the only person struggling with uncontrollable tear ducts (this Reddit thread told me so), so why aren’t people more empathetic?
COVID-19
Boxing up my life
It took me a handful of hours to transport my entire life from one world to another.
childhood
What Ms. Frizzle taught me about mistakes
You fail a lot. Accept the failure, brush the dirt off your shoulders, and get back up. Learning is experimental, and there is no right way to do it.
social media
TikTok is more than just white girls dancing to ‘Cannibal’
As I see it, TikTok is changing the game. It is a democratic platform where anyone can participate in a conversation about anything.
art
Stop settling for ‘relatability’ in art and seek out the weird
It seems that all we want is more of the same. We will happily forgo the grander artistic horizons available to us for the sake of convenience.
MLK
Moderacy does not permit complacency
Moderates are not culpable for the actions of their extremist peers, but they are the only bridge between extremists and the rest of the world.
birthday
My birthday, my brother, and me
Ultimately, I think both of us are afraid of getting older. Our birthdays are a time for bittersweet reflection.
humor
Humor doesn’t exist in a bubble
We need to be sure we bring this attitude into other conversations as well.
china
Eighty years ago we left the Jews behind. Who are we forgetting now?
I see the same pain of my Jewish peers at Michigan in my Tibetan and Hong Kong peers at UR.
