by root | Dec 19, 2013 | Books, Education, Entrepreneurship, Life, Psychology
There is a quote that goes something like “books are a way to have a conversation with the greatest minds of the world” (if you know who said that or if you think I just made it up, let me know.) As I prepare for my next challenge after grad school, I have...
by root | Nov 30, 2013 | Cycling, Education, Entrepreneurship, Philosophy
After several years of coaching (and being coached) I would like to share with you my coaching philosophy – what I think makes a good coach, and how I try to be the best cycling coach I can be: A coach helps see things you can’t see yourself. The Human...
by root | Nov 4, 2013 | Academia, Education, Life, Philosophy
I recently read an amazing piece in Wired about how one teacher in Mexico changed his teaching style, and in one year his students went from being uninterested and failing the national standardized test to being curious learners and the top students in all of Mexico....
by root | Sep 24, 2012 | Academia, Education, Psychology
Here is my story about getting into grad school — specifically a Ph.D. Program in extreme microbiology at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT . After deciding to go back to graduate school for my Ph.D. I started my search for the perfect school. I have always...
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