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Motherhood After Tenure: how could a mother give up her child?
I just finished teaching Daniel Defoe's 1722 novel, Moll Flanders, about a heroine who “Was Twelve Year a Whore, Five...
ABC's and PhD's: Gaps?
I’ve been thinking about a different sort of gap year lately. Not the year full of promise, excitement and life...
Mothering at Mid-Career: More Failure
I feel compelled to add more to my blog post of last week about failure, in part because soon after...
Not Quite Back to Normal
I wrote a few weeks ago about an encounter my son had with the police, and how this affected our...
Math Geek Mom: Defining Success
The concept of equality or equivalency is central to mathematics, as even the most simple algebra requires a statement of...
Long Distance Mom: Gap Year for my Son?
The last few years have been a bit of a roller coaster ride for my son Nick. He’s been busy...
ABC's and PhD.'s: Dilemmas
At a recent birthday party one of my daughter’s friends received a copy of the young readers edition of the...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Learning from Failure
This past Sunday the New York Times magazine section was devoted to education, and especially to education and technology. I...