Nursing has always been a popular career choice and even in 2021, it still is. Despite COVID-19 taking over the nation, nurses worked tirelessly day and night to help those in dire need of medical attention. Nurses require compassion, resilience, and integrity. If you believe you have what it takes, take a look at why…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
Visiting Hamilton College
Our Hamilton College Visit. My impressions: Their focus is on “Know Thyself” Hamilton has an open curriculum with a few writing class requirements and 2 quantitative classes Students must take 3 seminars at career services before they can contact Hamilton alumni There are great travel internship programs with classes and experience in 3 or 4…
Celebrate the Tokyo Olympics with a Round Up of Activities
Are you watching the Tokyo Olympics? It’s a different viewing experience for me from past Olympics. Except when the Olympics are being played at a restaurant, I’m not glued to the television anymore; I’m now trained to view everything off my phone which means that I’m watching the Tokyo Olympics through short video clips on…
11 Transportation Books for Fans of Richard Scarry & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Abi Cushman. We both are huge fans of Richard Scarry’s world, especially his book about Cars and Trucks and Things That Go! Her new picture book, Animals Go Vroom!, is also about transportation and we are giving away a copy! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the…
CHANGING THE GAME books are here!
Like a home renovation project, my Kickstarter book cost 50% more than estimated and took twice as long, but it’s finally done, and just in time for the Tokyo Olympics. Asian Pacific American Female Olympians Let’s celebrate some of the Asian Pacific American female Olympians in CHANGING THE GAME: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FEMALE ATHLETES:…
Visiting UCLA
Visiting UCLA We did a self-tour of UCLA. My husband graduated from UCLA. I went to business school here (Anderson Graduate School of Business) along with my brother. My father got his Ph.D. in mathematics at UCLA. My brother-in-law graduated from UCLA too. It also happened to be National Sister Day which was perfect because…
Tulsa Race Massacre: What They Don’t Teach You in History Books
“This history was totally hidden from white children. And that was deliberate.” from The Atlantic I think that the Tulsa Race Massacre may have garnered a single sentence in my history book when I studied A.P. History in high school in Southern California. A single sentence or even paragraph isn’t enough to do it justice,…