Category Archives: Skool Daze

The Real Sounds of Silence

Posted on November 12, 2013 by onesanevoice

Several years ago when I went back to school for my BA, I wrote an entry here about taking a class in American Sign Language, or ASL.  It was a total immersion class, so there was no speaking allowed.  A mighty … Continue reading →

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They Started Without Me

Posted on April 7, 2013 by onesanevoice

I recently attended a public reading by a working playwright who also happens to be the director of the MFA creative writing program I graduate from next month.  It is this program that has opened my eyes to the power … Continue reading →

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Relevancy Optional

Posted on March 11, 2013 by onesanevoice

For some reason we get Good Housekeeping delivered in the mail on a regular basis.  Neither Husband nor I can recall ever subscribing to this domestic tome, either in our current life or any previous lives, unless one of us was once … Continue reading →

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Memory Alley

Posted on January 6, 2012 by onesanevoice

My 40th high school reunion is coming up now that it’s 2012, so go on and figure out what year I graduated.  You didn’t know there’d be math involved, did you?  So far I’ve attended every reunion my exalted reunion … Continue reading →

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Read on

Posted on June 15, 2011 by onesanevoice

Forgive the long delay between entries, but I’ve been busy learning how to be scholarly.  I just wrote my first American Lit paper for grad school and only got a B+.  Aside from the fact thatI’m a writer, there’s nothing … Continue reading →

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At the Sin Post Up Ahead: The Hawthorne Zone

Posted on December 14, 2010 by onesanevoice

Back when this semester began, I met with my American Lit professor to discuss which authors I might want to examine up close and personal for my independent study.  I picked a sampler of Kate Chopin, Edgar Allan Poe, Gertrude … Continue reading →

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The Stein Way

Posted on November 24, 2010 by onesanevoice

One of the cool things about being a middle-aged college student is that I am way more interested in just about everything I’m studying than I was the first time around thirty-five years ago.  I always enjoyed exploring the roots … Continue reading →

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GRE Glee

Posted on November 15, 2010 by onesanevoice

A portion of my time these days is spent preparing for the GRE, the exam many graduate schools require their applicants to take.  Since I will have my bachelors degree by the time this year is over, I am currently … Continue reading →

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Boomer U

Posted on October 4, 2010 by onesanevoice

Here in New York City, we have an institution known as The Learning Annex.  It was started by an enterprising guy in his studio apartment in 1980, and for those who don’t live here, studio digs in the city average … Continue reading →

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That Certain Something

Posted on June 26, 2010 by onesanevoice

I just wrote a term paper for a Film & Literature course that made me think about what makes a star a star.  For every hundred self-invented, brand-promoted celebrities like Lady Gaga, there’s the rare and authentic star who just … Continue reading →

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