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phoenixdown7 tagged me to do this.

In high school, I was seriously torn between science and literature. Dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent, like C.L. Sulzberger of the New York Times. When I was in engineering school, I subscribed to and read the New Yorker magazine cover-to-cover to relax from my technical classes ( Read more... )

Oprah Winfrey was here at Stanford yesterday, to give the graduation speech.

Her best friend Gayle King's daughter and Oprah's goddaughter, Kirby Bumpus, were among the graduates. She lamented that she was unable to give the grads new cars. The grads did, however, show up to find two books on their seats courtesy of Winfrey: Eckhart Tolle's A New ( Read more... )

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Video of her speech.

Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor" (HuffPo):

The following is Samantha Power's speech to the graduating class of Pitzer-Claremont College in California earlier this month.

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Wow. He makes me cry. And driven to get things done.

I hope you’ll remember, during those times of doubt and frustration, that there is nothing naïve about your impulse to change this world.

Today's speech:

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Oh my God. I just got assigned a new student, and her dad's name sounded familiar. I've heard of a biochemistry book by a guy with the same last name as her dad ( Read more... )

Thank you, Student Doctor Network!

I just joined their excellent forums only 50 minutes ago and guess what? With one post, I've already found an MCAT study partner, living right near me! It's a girl who also just started studying, and she's preparing for the July exam ( Read more... )

Just arrived back in California at 1 pm today! Exhausted ( Read more... )

This applies directly to some of my students, especially the girls, who have "math anxiety."

How Stereotyping Yourself Contributes to Your Success (or Failure) (Scientific American):

Summary: Sterotypes and Success

A woman who knows that women as a group are believed to do worse than men in math will, indeed, tend to perform less well on math ( Read more... )