Are you thinking about going back to college? Maybe you started at 18 but got sidetracked by one of life’s many unexpected turns. Maybe you didn’t start at all, but now you’d like a…
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By day, I’m a mild-mannered professor of English. That’s been my full-time job for the last 17 years, though I’ve been teaching at universities since I was 22 years old. In more than 30…
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This is the third post in a series aimed at the parents of college students. I invite you to read posts one and two as well. I can say without hesitation that becoming a…
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Four years ago, Mike and I sent our daughter off to college. (She’s now a college graduate!) Two years later, it was our son’s turn to follow. As our youngest, his departure meant a…
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I never know what to tell people when they ask “What do you do for a living?” Saying I teach English always leads to the question of what grade I teach. When I clarify…
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I honestly don’t know why calendars start with January. Everybody knows the new year starts in September, right? Even though this was the first official week of the school year at my university, it’s…
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Today’s post comes from guest author Cyn Huddleston and is the first in a series I’m calling On Her Way. Each of the posts will feature a woman telling her own story in her…