After writing about factors in choosing a joint family name, I found an article about a couple who gave their child her last name, not wanting that situation: “when a couple decides to use both names as a last name, [but] usually the woman’s last name gets tucked between her child’s…
On a sunny day this past June, my friends Linnea Katzen* and Colin Hill* got married. Right away, people asked Linnea for her new name. They called her Mrs. Hill. She didn’t ruffle feathers in public, but her discussions in private were fierce. Linnea wanted to keep her own….
The day after our wedding, we enjoyed a Thanksgiving potluck with fifty of the gentleman’s closest relatives. And the next day, I stopped by his aunt’s house… and inherited the family genealogy. As a building block for other writing, I just want to note here what genealogy has taught…
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One you’ve looked at possible careers and asked questions of the programs and funding… step back. Take a break and consider your life and situation. Get yourself a drink, a meditative space, and time to reflect. I’d suggest you let yourself percolate on the ideas below… and even after you’ve…
Oooh, I have strong opinions on this one. If I could give one piece of advice, it would be to not go to any undergraduate or graduate program that doesn’t offer you at least partial funding. I know. It’s not available in all fields. (But check with a trusted…
Maybe you can get a degree for pennies in Europe. But to get an American degree or credential, you pay several years of your life and money. If it’s a selective school, they may want only the fanciest students—and the pressure may be high and funding low. If you…
I got my BA from a university which attracted the rich daughter of a CEO, who wiggled her manicured toes on my bunkbed, while pretending to study in our group and mostly studying her own fingernails. (Her father had a jet. I assume she’s done quite well for herself.) The…
When I was a kid, my business-dwelling father liked to critique professors working in higher education: they’re not living in the real world, they don’t answer to sales mandates / the market / supply and demand. Imagine my astonishment when he suggested I go to grad school to become…
In my continuing series of cheesy walk-throughs of online data tools, there’s SimplyMap! My college subscribes, so you can’t easily play with it unless you’re one of the digitally lucky. However… in the interests of education, I’ll point out some fun things you can do with mapping, and some fun things…