In this imagined conversation among 20 writers about their fathers, may we realize what our own has taught us A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated...
This might just be one of the most misinterpreted poems ever Something that started as a joke, in 1915 Robert Frost sent an envelope to Edward Thomas that contained only one item, a draft of “Two Roads,” the poem that was later titled “The Road Not Taken.” Frost made the piece as a funny...
The dangers of emphasizing understanding in education to the point of overlooking the importance of memorization skills Sometimes, my thoughts are a butterfly. It flits around me and, just when I’m about to look closely, it flutters away. I begin chasing it, and see it vanish right before my...