Tag Archives: college

“Everybody Wants Some!!”

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Richard Linklater’s new college comedy, “Everybody Wants Some!!,” takes place over three or four days in 1980, but it may have more to say about growing up, experience, and relationships than all of the 2013 “Boyhood” … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, The Good Life | Tagged Baseball, Blake Jenner, Boyhood, college, Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!!, Film, movies, Richard Linklater, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch | 3 Comments

Helicoptering

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: You hear a lot about helicopter parenting these days. The term refers to the tendency of contemporary parents to monitor and assist their adorable little meat spores at every micro-stage of their development — to cajole … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Education, Humor, Personal reflections, Television | Tagged Advertising, Brazzers, college, Google Chrome, I Am Charlotte Simmons, Jess Time, Liam Neeson, Parenting, Taken, Tom Wolfe | 8 Comments

Why Don’t Professors Teach Appreciative Thinking?

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Ask a professor the purpose of college and you are likely to get in response, “to learn how to think” or, more specifically, “to learn critical thinking.” Indeed, this was what I was told at my undergrad orientation. … Continue reading →