Writer * Worldbuilder * Life Coach
Welcome (Back) to College! (Or This Universe?)
Welcome to a new year of college! (or Life!) (Or a year in this Prison Universe if you accidentally got trapped here by Dr. Strange – Let’s make the best of it.) I’ve been away myself on other planets in other worlds. Specifically trapped…
Have Spirit
I just finished grading and assessing the work of my 162 students, and though my eyes need a break, my distractible brain wanted to check in on Spirit. Just this morning, despite a 34 year run, Spirit Airlines completely shut down, and all employees…
Read before We Write – Listen before We Speak
On December 4th, many Americans felt shock and a blend of emotions at the news report of a mysterious hooded man who shot and killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHeathcare. (USA Today Timeline found HERE.) Reports came and went about this assassination-style killing…
Interviewing Roffino: Why English?
In a recent interview with some Eastfield College advisors, they asked me a few good questions that I thought i might share here too. It may help students better understand how at least one person found his way to a career field that did…
The Kids are Not Alright: A Note on Mental Illness
Have you ever been really sad? Have you ever felt not the basic “we’re out of ice cream” sad (though that is really bad) but feeling something like “I’m alone in an ocean at night and these waves suck and I don’t know how…
