(Special this week to the Academic Redneck: A poem written by Pikes Peak Community College student Hudson Hintze. Over the last several weeks, I filled in for my colleague, Larry Giddings, in his Introduction to Literature class. The students and I covered the poetry unit, and I encouraged them to share their creative writing with […]
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Previous Weight Loss (November 28-September 4): 32.4 pounds Weight Loss: September 4-October 2: 2 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28-October 2): 34.4 pounds End of Year Weight Loss Goal: 50 pounds Remaining to 2017 Goal: 15.6 pounds So much for boot camp in September! It was my lowest weight-loss month since I began this journey.
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(“She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d, And I loved her that she did pity them.” Othello, William Shakespeare) To train you not to crack under hostile interrogation, they shoved your six-foot frame into a foot-long locker, buried you alive, then headed off for a long cocktail lunch at the officers’ club. When
If you google the name Raymond Parks, you’ll find a lot of information about a daring Georgia hillbilly. He served prison time for running moonshine in the 1930s and helped found NASCAR in the 1940s. Unfortunately, Google reveals far less about a black man by the same name. His famous wife, Rosa Parks, became an
Previous Weight Loss (November 28-August 7): 30 pounds Weight Loss August 7-September 4: 2.4 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28-September 4): 32.4 pounds End-of-Year Weight Loss Goal: 50 pounds Remaining to 2017 Goal: 17.6 pounds Happy Labor Day! Well, I didn’t reach my goal to lose another four pounds during August, but I still made
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Every time I see the movie Mr. Holland’s Opus, I think of my years as a student at J.B. Pennington High School in Blountsville, Alabama. I relate so much to the character Gertrude Lang, an awkward young woman struggling to master clarinet, the most unforgiving instrument in marching or concert band. One wrong placement of
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