College Life / Writing & Grammar
Hello everyone: Plagiarism, in my opinion, is alive and well in college classrooms across the world. However, not everyone agrees. Take, for example, an online college where I have taught for many years. When I first arrived, virtually speaking, I was told that plagiarism would not be accepted in any way, shape, or form. Great! We’re on the same page. Stealing someone else’s work and...
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College Life / Uncategorized
Hello everyone: I had the opportunity recently to talk to one of my students over the phone. She was having some challenges with scheduling her life around online graduate school. Then I found out why. This gal had plenty of reasons to give up and drop out. But she has some really good reasons to keep on trucking and stick with the program. Physical aliments...
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College Life / Uncategorized / Writing & Grammar
Hello everyone: It happens all the time. Students submit a document without paying attention to the instructions or my supplemental announcements and think, somehow, that they can resubmit the document until they get the “A” they wanted. Nope, it doesn’t happen. Not in this woman’s classes. Let’s take a look at the situation. You are in a class. You waited until the last minute to...
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College Life / Hobbies & Travel / Home Life / Uncategorized
Hi folks: If you have a sweet tooth, we are siblings, for certain. Cookies are a delight when they are soft. When they are hard enough to draw blood, crack a tooth, or require extensive dental work, not so much. So how do you keep them moist and soft? A piece of bread will do the trick. Here’s how: Put your cookies in a Tupperware-type...
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College Life / Uncategorized
Hello everyone: You know, it’s the little things in life that matter. Take, for example, a recent visit I made to my local food store. They want you to buy their food, right? I was walking into the store on a Saturday morning, having noticed that one of their workers was scrubbing the sidewalk outside the front door (which also serves as an exit, since...
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College Life / Uncategorized / Writing & Grammar
Hello everyone: Students ask me all the time about how in the world can they get organized and be disciplined enough to finish their degree. Let me let you in on my personal organizational secrets to finishing two degrees at the same time while running a business, being active in my church, and making time for family. It really isn’t complicated but it isn’t always...
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College Life / Uncategorized / Writing & Grammar
Hello everyone: In my in-box this morning, I received two emails. One was from a student who had gotten some less-than-desirable grades on some recent assignments. The other was from another student who had failed miserably in all the assignments he turned in so far. Student number one was very polite and asked for some clarification on why she had done so poorly. Her attitude...
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College Life / Uncategorized
Hello everyone: Sometimes students struggle in college. Maybe they are a first generation college student and have no idea of how to study. Perhaps this is their first semester of online classes and are lost at how to navigate the course material. It happens. The key to success in a time of stress is to reach out the professor. And then don’t stand her up...
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College Life / Uncategorized
Hello everyone: I have students who do well all term and then, for no apparent reason, blow off the last assignment or two. No explanation, no excuses, they just disappear or, worse yet, they do a half-baked job on the final work for the class. Why in the world would someone do that? I read every word of every assignment, so I don’t just say...
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College Life / Home Life / Uncategorized
Hi everyone: I had an adventure today, putting together something that was lacking in the instructions department, though the directions came in five different languages. I wonder if everyone had the experience I did. Here’s the link: