Tag: education

  • You Can Help Make Me (Provably) Smarter

    You Can Help Make Me (Provably) Smarter

    I originally planned to write more prolifically this year since we ended the podcast last summer, but last fall I was hit hard with the reality that I cannot get a job (that I can physically do) in Germany without a college degree. So, I re-enrolled at Laney and started taking classes online in the…

  • In which my genitals mean I don't learn math or science

    In which my genitals mean I don't learn math or science

    Alright, you have my attention. Anyone who can wield a soldering iron like that is worth some attention. […] — youtube commenter (comment since removed by author – creepy part, also removed…by me) I was denied physics because I was born female. I had been taught all my life leading up to that point that…

  • The Burden of Homeschool Parents

    The Burden of Homeschool Parents

    I’m not a parent, but as an early-graduate home-school alumnus, and one who did a lot of teaching to my younger siblings, I think that I can be afforded some room for an opinion. I was thinking the other day about graduating and how it felt then versus how it feels now. Honestly, I was…