In my position as a Community College instructor, I often read ESL college placement exams. A theme that I encounter again and again is how living in the USA is a lonely experience. People attend college for a variety of reasons, one of which is a simple desire for better communication. Even my degree-seeking students […]
Author Archives: Catherine Coleman
We but mirror the world. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. We need not wait to see what others do. ~ Mahatma Gandi
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Friend in Me
My grandpa seemed to embrace William Butler Yeats’ idea of not knowing strangers.He was friendly to all until his last days. This is my favorite picture of him and me, taken right before he passed away in 2015. Even before the terrible Alzheimer’s disease that ultimately took his mind, I remember he was always friendly […]
Telling Lies
People lie and they always have and they always will. Abraham Lincoln once said, “you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” Given the current news for the past week and […]
Brief Breaks
Sometimes, we just need a break from study, from the mess our government it making, from the stresses of life… When those times come, take a brief break and watch one of the videos below! And you thought human dating was tough! This is what rabbit courtship looks like! Too Cute for Words! Power of […]