My house was built in two sections that were connected by a little passageway that could be entered on either end through two ...

If you came of age in the 1960s or 70s, chances are your upbringing looked very different from what kids experience today. You likely learned to navigate life without smartphones, self-help apps, or ...

Written by Aileen Zaera, Sr. Creative Sorceress of Ugami Inc. Video games serve many purposes in our lives. Video games can entertain us, help us deal with stress, strengthen friendships, and of ...

Today's lesson is argumentative writing. Seven students listen as their teacher reads statements, and their job is to note whether they agree with each. This classroom is also the library for the ...

My grandmother died from congestive heart failure in a slow decline. There’s something to be said for dying slowly: Time seems more precious, and she accomplished a lot in her final months. She wrote ...

1 How much pocket money did you get as a child, if any? Was it a regular, weekly allowance, or just occasional one-off payments for chores? Parents around the world have different ideas about the dos ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

In Conversation with Dr. B. Purushothaman,M.A., B.L, M.Sc, B.Ed., M.Com., M.Phil., M.B.A, D. Litt. Founder & Senior Principal ...

How do you take the measure of a life? In Ian McEwan's expansive new novel, a man assesses his life's trajectory from childhood to old age, focusing especially on what he considers his wrong turns and ...

When we talk about personal growth, rarely do we gear it towards a specific gender. Typically, advice is meant to be a general rule to follow, but this isn't always helpful. The reality is, men and ...

“South American penguins teach humans a valuable life lesson” may seem like an obscure film genre, but somehow, we’ve ended up with two of them in surprisingly short order. Last year there was the ...