This morning I attended a talk by Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott college, an all women's liberal arts college in Decatur.
Aah, the liberal arts.
Specialisation is for graduate school, university is for the broadening of the mind. After all, as Kiss pointed out, what employers want most of all in their candidates and hires is the ability to express oneself clearly, think critically and learn on the job.
Also, the slogan for their sports team is Smart Girls Sweat. Which is cute.
Thursday 29 January 2015
Monday 19 January 2015
Free Range Kids in a nutshell.
Youth: can't be trusted because you are stupid.
Adulthood: can't be trusted because you're a criminal.
"I hear you say these kids are too young to be trusted with independence and responsibilities until they are old enough to be treated with suspicion and fear. "
From: Handy-Dandy Response to: “What if Something Bad Happens to Them?”
Adulthood: can't be trusted because you're a criminal.
"I hear you say these kids are too young to be trusted with independence and responsibilities until they are old enough to be treated with suspicion and fear. "
From: Handy-Dandy Response to: “What if Something Bad Happens to Them?”
Thursday 15 January 2015
Monday 12 January 2015
Proverbs
Hot-desking between coffee shops can make for a long day. And it did, today, as work is carried out on the home office. On my drive home, the nerdyness of A Way With Words helped me stay awake and regain brain cells.
A proverb quiz, which I got all right bar two, had a couple gems:
Yiddish proverb: All things grow with time, except grief
African proverb (they did not give the country): Do not look where you fell, but where you tripped.
A proverb quiz, which I got all right bar two, had a couple gems:
Yiddish proverb: All things grow with time, except grief
African proverb (they did not give the country): Do not look where you fell, but where you tripped.
Sunday 11 January 2015
Friday 9 January 2015
Wine changes my life... again
What I learned at yesterday's wine tasting:
Europeans consume wine with a meal. You do not sit around drinking wine on its own, rather if you just want a drink you will have an aperitif or spumante. Wine is drunk with food, always, whether it is aperitivo snacks with white wine, charcuterie with red or, of course, a proper meal.
This is the revelatory part (for me):
Americans just drink wine. They get together for "a glass of wine", food not required.
Hence (here it comes!): European wines are highly acidic compared to American wines. These are wines with strong after-flavours and of which you would not happily drink even a full glass without a side of food.
The sommelier compared it to salt: it does wonders on food but you don't eat it on its own.
American wines, on the other hand, are made for an audience who sips away at a large glass as a drink on its own, something softer and less acidic.
So much of my life makes more sense to me now.
Europeans consume wine with a meal. You do not sit around drinking wine on its own, rather if you just want a drink you will have an aperitif or spumante. Wine is drunk with food, always, whether it is aperitivo snacks with white wine, charcuterie with red or, of course, a proper meal.
This is the revelatory part (for me):
Americans just drink wine. They get together for "a glass of wine", food not required.
Hence (here it comes!): European wines are highly acidic compared to American wines. These are wines with strong after-flavours and of which you would not happily drink even a full glass without a side of food.
The sommelier compared it to salt: it does wonders on food but you don't eat it on its own.
American wines, on the other hand, are made for an audience who sips away at a large glass as a drink on its own, something softer and less acidic.
So much of my life makes more sense to me now.
Thursday 8 January 2015
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Back to the Mississippi River
That's right, the Nile of North America. By the streets of Memphis, TN.
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