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Category Archives: Student Skills
Competence by Itself Is Deadly
Flannery O’Connor, a product of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop herself, had harsh or at least cautionary words about MFA programs. It’s not that O’Connor had a problem with training or competence, but her ideas in 1960 are perhaps more true … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, Flannery O'Connor, training
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Throw Away Your Kindle!
In a recent study, Kindle readers were found to score lower in reading comprehension than people who read the same text in print. The study, presented in Italy at a conference last month and set to be published as a … Continue reading
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Tagged comprehension, ereaders, Reading
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FREE-FREE-FREE***Microsoft Office***FREE-FREE-FREE
Doesn’t that look like spam? Amazingly, and because you are a student at JCCC, it is NOT spam. You, by virtue of your stellar student status, can get Microsoft Office for FREE-FREE-FREE. Here’s the skinny… Office 365 Student Advantage But … Continue reading
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Tagged software
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Mise en Place your Way to Organized
Are you disorganized? I found this piece of advice from the world of professional cooking an intriguing way to look at organization. NPR Story on Mise en Place
Richard Sherman–Preparation Nut and Cornerback
I find Richard Sherman a bit too mouthy and brash for my liking, but you can’t argue with the guy’s athletic ability. And why is he so good? He prepares like crazy! There’s a life lesson there for us all.
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Tagged football, planning, preparation
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Eighteen Things on Your To-Do List
An interesting article names the eighteen habits of highly creative people. That’s a pretty long list, if you ask me, but it is interesting. Try this one on: If there’s one thing that distinguishes highly creative people from others, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, success
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Concentration Training
Do you find yourself zoning off when you should be paying attention to something, like, perhaps me in class. (I’ll let you figure out if I meant that YOU are zoning off when I’m speaking or if I am zoning … Continue reading
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Tagged concentration, focus, memory, mindfulness
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