Ahhh...summer. Time to catch up on some reading, but so many choices. Here are some suggestions to sure please every reading taste: Memoir One More Theory About Happiness by Paul Guest When Paul Guest was twelve years old, he broke his neck in a horrific accident on a bicycle. The author takes the reader from…
Twain Tells All: 100 Years After His Death
"Death is the starlit strip between the companionship of yesterday and the reunion of tomorrow," reads a quote on a monument dedicated to Mark Twain. This year, readers finally get a bridge to that starlit strip of history. Twain, in a handwritten note that accompanied his 5,000 page unedited autobiographical manuscript, requested that his memoirs…
But Does It *SPARKLE*? Baby Names From the Twilight Series Are Tops in 2009
I really like your...name. According to the Social Security Administration, the Top Baby Names for 2009 included two names that are familiar to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide: Isabella and Jacob. Isabella, or "Bella," of course, is the name of the protagonist in Stephenie Meyer's internationally best-selling Twilight series. Jacob…
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Why Are College Students Studying Less?
A new study, The Falling Time Cost of College: Evidence from Half a Century of Time Use Data by Philip S. Babcock and Mindy Marks has revealed the college students spend much less time studying today than they did in 1960-- a drop of 13 hours per week. From the study: Using multiple datasets from…
75,000 Questions and Counting in the eNotes Q & A
The internet is full of Q & A sites, each with their particular strengths and quirks. We feel that as far as students are concerned, the eNotes Q & A stands head and shoulders above the rest for many reasons-- chief among them that anyone in the world can pose a question to hundreds of…
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Enotes Revives Dead Poets
In the midst of teaching, my mind often wanders to the great inspiration of Mr. Keating in the film Dead Poets Society. I first saw this film as an aspiring teacher and was so moved that I cried all the way home. There was something about those students standing up on their desks in support…
Poets in Black and White: Remembering Lucille Clifton and Robert Frost
Lucille Clifton and Robert Frost
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New Student Aid Package: How Can You Benefit?
Reuters reports that President Obama will today sign into a law an overhaul of the nation's student loan programs. The new rules cut banks out of the equation, which the President says will benefit students and taxpayers. From the article: The White House said the change would save taxpayers $68 billion over the next decade.…