The book I have written about the College transition called On the Edge: Helping Students Transition Imaginatively to College is now in the hands of a superbly gifted high school English teacher. Two college English professors have already read the book and provided feedback. Now, it his turn. There will be a look going on […]
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Several years ago, a friend of mine who shares a strong interest with me in both issues of college transition and basketball (I add that just as an interesting but irrelevant aside), bought me this book for my birthday. We were buying birthday books for each other for a while and then quit because it […]
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Posted: 19th April 2011 by EricBierker in Overview of College
OK, I was going to take a break for a bit on the CTG blog. But yesterday, for some mysterious reason, I had more visitors come to the blog than ever before. I have nary a clue why. Maybe it is one of those paradoxical things that when we let something go, it starts to […]
We were at a Writer’s Conference last weekend in New Jersey. I signed up for a workshop called Creative Non-Fiction. There, I felt a good deal of confirmation that my book “On the Edge” is truly on track. Creative Non-Fiction actually is a very freeing genre of writing that allows the author to escape the […]
Sorry about missing my Saturday weekly posting deadline. When this blog has an average daily readership of one, maybe I should contact people individually. Ah, the glory of it all. My friend Derek Melleby from College Transition Initiative posted this video titled “Oh, The Places You’ll Actually Go,” a play, and dark one at that, […]
Working in a high school as a counselor is very seasonal. Each time of the school year has discrete activities. The big two are the college application process in the Fall semester and course selection in the Spring semester. All other duties are mere trifles in comparison. Seniors often delay about getting their college applications […]
An article from CollegeConfidential was very helpful about the factors that make a real difference in college admissions. The question that generated the article was from a parent of a tenth grader who wants to go Pre-Med. In a nutshell, this is what the article said (CC won’t let me link it) Prospective college students […]
No, I don’t expect this missive to have the power, the destructive power in particular, of Karl Marx’s mid 1800’s manifesto on capital. A manifest has a militaristic vibe, as if my perspective will triumph by facts or force. If the 20th century shows one truism in spades is that the revolutionary spirit typically unleashes […]
I am thinking about this Community College article. I am all for the traditional 4 year college right off the bat. It worked for me. Yet, the research really shows clearly that many students are not ready for living on campus and the whole shebang. Community college can be a great bridge over the tumultuous freshman […]