Tag: learn

• Musing about Success

  

  This week I spoke to two individuals on the topic of success. The first, a mother of two in her late forties, for her the concept of success had much to do with her husband and her children, “ultimately, if our children are settled and are good human beings then my life has been successful.” […]

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  21 Feb 2019

  Academic, Audience, Awareness, diversity, Education, Gender, Parenting, Read, Story, Travel

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• Freedom in a Nutshell

  

  All wrapped up in my own thoughts. Is there anything called freedom? Where you know the ground that you stand on, understand the decisions you plan on taking? I heard you saying, “we are the choices we make,” as you dragged your toe drawing patterns on the dusty floor. I suppose that you believed in […]

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  18 Jan 2019

  Art, Creative Writing, Read, Story

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• English Pronunciation in a Global World: with Dr. Rupp, Futurelearn, and VU

  

  I am absolutely delighted that I will be a mentor and facilitator in this ingenious course that Dr. Laura Rupp has created. What a great way to learn and grow; please do take a look. Details: Join the Futurelearn course ‘English Pronunciation in a Global World‘ developed by the Faculty of Humanities of Vrije Universiteit […]

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  19 Dec 2018

  Academic, Awareness, diversity, Education

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• Teaching the Ghazal in Class

  

  Last week I was subbing at the Vrije Universteit for the Genre, Literature and Analysis class for the Bachelor First Year course. I was teaching the villanelle and ghazal, which involved aspects of the forms as well as close reading. I found myself in a room full of bright, intelligent, engaged, and wise students. They […]

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  20 Nov 2017

  Academic, Art, Audience, Awareness, Education, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story

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• Those Literature Courses I Cook Up

  

  In 2013, Apoorva put this up as his Facebook status update: Some electives for the upcoming Autumn term. What would you like to study? Sociology of the upper-middle class Misogyny and education Poetry of poverty Mental health in patriarchal societies Conflict and negotiation in family settings Mathematical methods for personal relationships Psychology of empathy History […]

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  26 Jul 2017

  Academic, Apoorva, Books, Education, Film, Food, Gender, Story

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