A man sits on the third step of the Grand Palais, in his hands a tattered copy of Brontë’s Villette, having found himself in a position that he has always wanted to never be in. He sits in waiting, in part for a dear friend’s suggested arrival and in part…

“Students Will Be Able To” (SWBAT) is a public school lesson plan system that many educators use to highlight course objectives. It is generally a brief statement posted in classrooms for teacher and student reference. Students Will Be Able To: Learn, we claim, but that is in question Become scholarly…

Before continuing with this piece, it should be made clear that it isn’t going to be about anything in particular. Just words on paper with no true significance or thematic elements to dissect. …

Through a handful of digest emails and a sprinkle of investigation, one observation has become increasingly apparent since joining Medium: everyone is trying to tell everyone else how to operate. How to Really Know You’re In Love, How to Become Self-Aware in 20 Minutes, How to Be the Type of…

According to Dr. George Land, a pioneering voice behind Transformation Theory (the variation of creativity), we’re screwed. More specifically, we’re screwing ourselves. 72 years ago, Carl Brigham designed the framework for what is formally known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), a subgenre of standardized testing. The evaluation was accepted…

I once told a University mathematics professor that “someone close to me passed away” after oversleeping on the morning of an exam. That class had a no make-up policy, regardless of the reasoning, and after kicking myself for the blunder, I quickly crafted the phony email. …

Over the next several pages, I will detail a process so radically flawed, however, one that I participate in. And don’t let that fact — that sickly ironic fact — slip from your memory, because its existence is more of an argument in itself than I could ever possibly assemble. …