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The Gift of No
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I have been attending math therapy for the past nine years, and I have learned more about rejection in those sessions than anywhere else. Math is something I have rejected my whole life, not because I wanted to, but because I felt like I had to in order to survive it. Since third grade,…
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Creativity drives intelligence
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There is a scientific theory, the idea of being “left-brain or right-brain dominant.” Left brain thinkers are analytical or methodical, and right-brain thinkers are said to be more creative. The left-brainers use logic and the right-brainers use subjectivity. AKA, good at math and not good at math. Normally, people are one or another, which…
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Stop and Enjoy the Ride
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In my house there is a strict schedule for football on Sundays. My mom and I choose three games we will watch the night before. Then, we go to bed and wake up exactly at 8 a.m. to give us two hours to make breakfast and prepare for the 10 o’clock game. I love…
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Sifting through facts and fiction
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Fact checkers have kept very busy during the recent political debates. According to the New York Times, in the second presidential debate, Donald Trump made more than twenty two comments that were either lies or mis-statements. Hillary Clinton, by comparison, was tagged with four. We relied on fact checkers to seek and correct false…
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Political correctness: you’re probably doing it wrong
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Freshman year was the first time I was exposed to the idea of political correctness in the public school setting. Before we began our first discussion about “To Kill a Mockingbird,” my English class was given a disclaimer about a certain recurring word that, if we felt comfortable doing so, we could say, but…