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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Back to the Basics #8: How Do You Handle Criticism?

18-Sep-07

In class on Thursday, despite appearing to not be paying attention because I was intensely editing this new theme, I was actually paying attention to what the professor was saying and Alt-Tabbing to take notes from time to time.
One thing, and really only one thing, stood out to me, but I remembered it last night [...]

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5-Year-Old Girl with Cystic Fibrosis, Youngest Double Lung Transplant

14-Sep-07

Last year, [tag]Miriam Imran[/tag] was deathly ill after the ravages of [tag]Cystic Fibrosis[/tag] took her to the brink and placed her on oxygen and the transplant list in Britain. In January, she became the youngest person in Britain to receive a [tag]double lung transplant[/tag].
This fall, she is back in school and playing with her friends, [...]

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Czech Man Crashes Bike, Speaks Perfect English

14-Sep-07

In a bizarre twist of neurons, bike racer Matej Kus knocked himself silly in a racing accident. After coming to, he was speaking perfect, fluent English with the paramedics. Before the accident, Matej knew only basic phrases.
After flying home, he didn’t remember any of the previous two days and lost his new-found ability to pick [...]

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Boring Class = New Theme

13-Sep-07

Sometimes class is too unbearable to pay attention. Tonight was one of those nights. The professor is agonizingly bookish weird… you know the type. She loves books that you have no idea what they mean until she says that you’re too stupid to catch all the nuances in the text.
I don’t take to that environment [...]

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Succeeding and Struggling

13-Sep-07

My life is in a state of turmoil between my two courses for now. So far, I have a perfect score in my Technical Writing course and have not received a single bit of feedback for my Modern Novel course. I’m holding on to the hope that my prof will give us something back tonight [...]

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3 Easy Steps to Resolving Conflict

10-Sep-07

Conflict comes at you from all around nowadays: your kids, co-workers, political discussions, everywhere. You just can’t avoid conflict of some sort all day, everyday. Here are some steps that work for me.

Listen to the other point of view without interrupting… no matter how wild the other’s stance is. Once they have had their say, [...]

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Boring Update; Don’t Bother Reading

05-Sep-07

It’s still crazy here with a flurry of activity. Last week I managed to put in my third consequitive 50+ hour week in at the office and started classes with 3 hours of Technical Writing on Tuesday and 3 hours of Modern Short Novel on Thursday.
Thankfully, Tech Writing is shaping up to be the easiest [...]

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