A student I liked, dropped the course because of mental health. I tried to help, to be an ear, to offer extensions for their assignments but they’re depressed. I see […]

I didn’t know a lot about Bob Nasmith. After he died I read many more details, about Vietnam, about regular nudity and about Chopin. I just knew him as one […]

A kid learned the beginning of something on the piano and they enjoy it and play it a bunch but can’t stop showing everyone and anyone. Sort of wish I […]

When doing the PhD, one has to sign up to be a teaching assistant, it’s part of the dental and drug plan justification while at graduate school. Then one attends […]

The weirdest part about teaching myself to play something on the piano I couldn’t play before, is why can’t I teach myself Japanese, brain surgery or how to fly an […]

young man played his song in class today. it was very good though he was embarrassed because he felt he didn’t hit the mark, forgot some lyrics etc. I asked […]

“sensibilized” and “hiddenly” two of many words in student papers I doubted were real. Fortunately, I looked them up and I was wrong. Must remember to not open my mouth […]

He had formulas for everything; he liked math. In the Karl Marx course I took in 2018, one thing I found amusing was his love of equations. Surplus value divided […]