Is the grass greener on this side? — More than once in my mid-20’s, I told myself…. *&$# this, I’m outta here. And not in a teenage-angsty I’m gonna run away and never come back! kinda-way, but a WTF is my life going to be like if I stay here? kinda way. …

And became my own boss — Around 2 years ago, for the first time in my adult life, I had no job. I quit my comfortable job as a mechanical engineer in the automotive industry for something different. To get out of the office. To travel. To contribute something else to the world. Because not doing…

For whatever reason, happily ever after became the standard expectation for many American millennials. Disney movies didn’t help; neither did the American Dream destiny that we were all born to achieve; regardless of our social class or circumstances of birth, we were not only going to live, but thrive. According…

The idea of communism hits a nerve with many Americans. As the polar opposite of what America stands for, one can understand why. Freedom, individual rights, and pursuit of happiness, all hallmarks of American society, are squashed under communism. With respect to the current coronavirus crisis, detractors of common sense…

As an English teacher in Prague, the topic of Black Lives Matter protests are a popular one these days. Naturally, as my students’ lone representative from the United States, I must try to explain what it means. As a white person, I feel rather ill-equipped to do so. My explanation…

Recently I passed my second anniversary of my arrival in Prague to start a lifestyle that doesn’t involve going into an office everyday. On May 23, 2018, I left from DTW airport in Detroit, Michigan, and on May 24, I arrived at Vaclav Havel Airport, with one big 52-pound suitcase…

Pay for what you use, and nothing more Both sides of the political aisle can agree that student debt in the United States is out of control. This is a crisis damning the so-called American Dream because though it’s not completely their fault, students who take on this massive debt…

So, what did you learn in college? If you don’t answer the question with something along the lines of how to drink beer, how to write a 20-page paper in one night, or how to gain the Freshman 15, it feels like you’re doing something wrong. The fact that this…

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. — B. F. Skinner The advent of the coronavirus has caused some hard questions to come up for educators. How do we educate young people in this situation? How much responsibility can they have to learn material when…