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Reading is the Easiest Way to Study Writing
I can tell right away when a book is self-published by a writer who does not read (or does not do it often enough). No shade to audiobooks, but when I say reading is how we study how to write, I mean reading physical books. And when I say study, I mean don’t just read… Continue reading
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The Power of Reading
I believe reading to be so powerful that it has the capacity to make one wise regardless of whose institution of higher learning the person has or has not attended. In the world of books, it makes no difference whether they completed grade school, high school, or learned to read later in life. That is… Continue reading
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Say Stuff That Make Sense
We often look for depth when there is none. Everyone has something profound to say. Sometimes what we have to show to the world is indeed profound. Not really because it is insightful, but because it introduces our minds to something we had no prior thought of. It introduces us to something so far beyond… Continue reading
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Uncommon Core
Yea, 2 + 2 used to equal 4. But thanks to uncommon core, it can equal 5 if that will make the children feel better. What I don’t understand though is all the drawing stuff. Like, if there’s a math problem of: 9 + 7 =? why does the student have to draw circles to… Continue reading
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