by Kelsey Schoenbaum, Music Growing up, I was a reader. I brought a book everywhere: on the playground, in the cafeteria, sometimes in my lap during class time. My teachers loved it, and it was hardly surprising that I developed very advanced language and writing skills for my age. As a young adult, my life became…
by Andrew Paul, Anthropology In 1999, English professor Peter Elbow wrote of the “instructor’s dilemma” in diverse classrooms: how can we make our courses safe for diverse varieties of English, while at the same time fostering students’ ability to write according to the conventions of their profession? This quandary is as relevant today as it…
by Dru Alexander Horne, Mathematics Most people would see writing and mathematics as diametrically opposed, but I see them as two sides of the same coin. I’ve been doing both of them for most of my life: honing the fundamentals, learning new techniques, and exploring new directions. After all, both mathematics and writing are about…
by Connor Novak, mathematics I frequently have the following interaction: I meet someone new, who asks what I do. I say to them: “I’m a grad student in math”. They reply: “Wow that’s crazy, I could never do that because I hate math.” These interactions make me sad, but it is not because they don’t…