Top 10 Odd College Courses College courses aren't all Economics and The History of Europe. A trend among many colleges and universities is to offer coursesthat are slightly off the beaten track. Many of these courses draw their themes from pop cultur...
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey: but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. The fields his study, nature was...
A twenty year old immigrant, Levi Strauss, came to the United States in 1850 to seek his fortune in the gold fields. But strangely enough, this man made his fortune on heavy canvas that he found suitable for working clothes. Strauss ' jeans were part...
Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, too unproductive, and it's free; pleasures for which we don't pay make us anxious. Besides, it seems to be a natural inclination. Those who get paid to investigate such things have proved that people deprived...
How to Have Less Awkward Conversation What is assuming rapport? Basically, instead of going into a conversation or meeting nervously and thinking how will this go? you take different approach. You assume that you and the person will establish a good...
A correspondent from the Czech Republic asks a powerful question:How would you encourage English language learners at secondary and postsecondary schools; what do they have to be careful about and what joys can they expect when dealing with a languag...
What exactly do you do when you make a cup of coffee? ● Take one cup ● Put in a spoonful of dark, bitter powder ● Add a spoonful of sweetness ● Pour in hot, clear liquid ● Add whiteness Alone, each item has a complete flavor of its own. The...
William Shakespeare: Sonnet 55 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues over...
My Last Duchess Ferrara Thats my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Fra Pandolfs hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Willt please you sit and look at her? I said Fra Pandolf b...
神希望我们酬答他，在于他送给我们的花朵，而不在于太阳和土地。 God expects answers for the flowers he sends us, not for the sun the earth. 光明如一个裸体的孩子，快快活活地在绿叶当中游戏，它不知道人...
