Category Archives: Intellectual activity
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Down the Rabbit Hole
10May 11, 2020 by Jean
When my local Senior College cancelled the in-person courses due to begin in late March, I was left with a …
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Learning a New Language in My Seventies
5August 20, 2019 by Jean
I’ve never considered myself very good at learning languages. I learned Quebecois French in elementary school, but when I tried …
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Fear, Hope, and Change
7May 14, 2019 by Jean
On Sunday, as I drove to and from the first Farmers’ Market of the season, I was listening to one …
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Resisting Ageism Through Education
8March 12, 2019 by Jean
Although I am proud to be an educator, I’m not a person who feels that education is the solution to …
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Going to School Forever
14January 28, 2019 by Jean
During my college teaching career, I sometimes joked to students that college professors were people who were better at going …
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Old Dogs and New Tricks
9July 4, 2017 by Jean
For most of my life, I assumed that our ability to learn new things declines dramatically as we age, as …
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First and Last Classes
8September 26, 2016 by Jean
I’m chagrined to realize that I’ve let two weeks slide by without posting here. It really is a busy season! …
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A Busy Season
12September 12, 2016 by Jean
I’m not quite sure what happened to August. One day I blinked and it was September. And September brings the …
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First Classes
11June 29, 2016 by Jean
Last week was a busy one as I traveled out to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine (about …
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Learning High
9March 19, 2016 by Jean
For as long as I can remember, I have loved going to school. Even before I was old enough to …
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Stepping Into The Future 