Category Archives: Personal Works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7rcAVy6sh8

If someone told you that someone had created a Broadway musical about the life and times of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, I’d take a guess that you’d be skeptical. But this is so different from anything you could ever expect, quick lines and raps, yet true to both history and the people it characterizes. This is America’s Founding Fathers as you’ve never seen them before.

Beginnings vs Procrastination

The Beginning, Just Ahead Green Road Sign with Copy Room Over The Dramatic Clouds and Sky.

“The beginning is the most important part of work.” – Plato

To be fair, even if this weren’t something Plato actually said (but take a moment to imagine Plato as a teacher, swathed in robes and a stern grey expression, reprimanding Aristotle for procrastinating) it still rings true. Procrastination has lingered just as much as the classics have endured.

If I wrote a list of how many things I haven’t started on time and had to rush to finish, I’d be writing that list as long as it kept me from my actual work.

However, it’s my first class year. Somehow I’ve figured it out. I’d rather not make a declaration to the tune of “Beginning now, I shall vow to fight procrastination,” since I don’t yet trust myself to keep it. Easier goals then, are in order.If E-Portfolio is meant to expand beyond the boundaries of an education portfolio, then I’ll include a blog with my personal interests, scribbles, and thoughts.

That sounds like a much more attainable beginning to me.