Primary Education Formal education would begin with first grade at the age of six. Any “schooling” prior to that would be purely voluntary and would not necessarily be focused on educating children. First and second grades (ages six to eight) would be focused on beginning and assessing children on all …
The end of the year has returned again, bringing with it the most beloved holidays of my youth. Naturally this has left me feeling introspective and, perhaps, just a little melancholy. It’s more than just the distance that separates me from my family. Much more, for I don’t fetishize the …
Why do I withdraw? At a certain point I think it’s interacting with people beyond superficialities that wears me out. Keep things light, keep them on the surface—that’s easy. Unfortunately that isn’t easy at work. Too much of what I do requires operating at a higher level of effort and …
How do we measure a life? Is it is hours lived? Deeds accomplished? People effected? Memories? Regrets? Ah, regrets, an idea to encompass all others. The word unsaid and the one that should never have been uttered. The action untaken and the one you wish you had never contemplated. The …
What is a woman? Is she poetry or is she prose? It may be a fundamentally silly question. May be? Almost certainly is. And yet, as a lover of language, it is a question which does not echo false in the chambers of my mind. So. What is a woman? …
For several weeks now, on my weekends, I’ve found myself watching a variety of car shows on the TV network named Velocity. More than any others, I’ve been watching the Mecum Auto Auction programs. I never was a car guy, at least not the way men of my father’s generation …
This is a very interesting article, especially in light of a lot of what I saw while I was in Hong Kong. In the US, if someone is wearing a Polo branded shirt then the figure of the logo is apt to be an inch or so tall. In Hong …
Well, I went through day one of wearing a pair of shirt stays to keep my shirt tucked in neatly. I specifically chose, yesterday morning, to wear an old dress shirt which has always been too large for me, thinking that it would be the best test. First off, the …
I’ve been thinking, lately, about politics, politicians, and acting in good faith to solve problems. As you might surmise—rightly, in this case—I’m not of the opinion that our current crop of politicians, by and large, are capable of acting in anything remotely resembling good faith. My reasoning runs along these …
Oh, how I love these times that come along every four years—it’s Presidential election time, and the Republican primary is looking to be a lovely bit of political porn theatre. The sniping! The back-stabbing! The recriminations! The negativity! I love it!!! Never have I seen a more lovely circular firing …
As I age, and am no longer the sloppy youth that once I was, I have become more conscious of how my clothes look. Stop laughing. I’m serious. To that end I put more thought into the clothes I buy, and even more specifically, into how my clothes fit. My …