While someone’s telling you something.. do you ever already start putting together your response, or thinking about what you’re going to say back, while they’re saying it? As they’re making a point or telling you something about their life, are you ever already formulating a cleverly-crafted or funny remark in response? …
When you’re passionate about something, you become blind to any evidence or opinions against it. It’s easy to start thinking yours is the only way. There’s a difference between giving heaps of fucks about something and being passionate about something. ISIS are passionate, the KKK too. You think they see …
I’ve talked before about a past teacher of mine who gave heaps of fucks about learning. This is another one: Dr. Howard Good. Professor Good’s another one of my top 5 favourite teachers of all time. I took his ‘Press in America’ class at SUNY New Paltz in New York State, …
Take #3. Yesterday, homeboy Esteban from Colombia ripped apart and patched back up my first-ever attempt at writing Spanish. And I did pay attention, but I still went ahead and just made the same mistakes or even dumber ones (‘Esta es mi primer tiempo bez…’? The fuck is that?) Anyway, …
Today, one of my Spanish-speaking students tore apart my first ever attempt at writing in Spanish yesterday. Thanks to homeboy Esteban from Colombia, this is the much-improved and non-demented version of it: Esta es mi primer tiempo bez escribendo en español, después de e 9 diás aprendiendo de el idioma (más …
Está mi prima tiempo escrito en español, después 9 diás aprendi de esta lingua (más or menás). Es muí importante pregunta ti siempre ¿Por qué lo haces? Y ¿Por qué yo lo inicio aprender de lingué español? Porque aprender algo nuevo y para inicio un nuevo reto. ¿Vale? Vale. Y lo siento …
There’s no such thing as a fatal mistake. Any thing you’ve fucked up is just a lesson and a chance to do it better next time. And if the ‘mistake’ you made actually leads to something rough or incredibly challenging or a massive life trial, it’s an opportunity to work …
