They are bored in class, their skills are terrible, and their homework is barely legible. Most of them couldn’t care less about how important music is in today’s world; they just want to take the minimum number of music courses and be done with it. I guess there are just musi...
It's SO easy to quit. You get a new idea. Or you read your writing and think, “This is terrible.” Or you decide, “I'd rather be catching up on Netflix, not spending my nights writing.” Because of this, you quit. Here's the thing though:the only way to fail at writing a...
Screenplays are like books: everyone thinks they have one in them. But then he told me the story, and it was awesome—a family's search for the American dream, drug dealers under the scrutiny of the law, police corruption, an adrenaline powered shooting, everything you could want in a m...
but terrible at discipline (at first). But over the years I've learned it's a sort of dance. Sometimes you're strict, sometimes you're looser, depending on the day, the kids, and what you have to cover. You have lots of
Don’t get hung up on your domain name. While it’s certainly helpful to have a good one, there are thousands of hugely popular sites with terrible domain names no one understands. In other words, it’s not really a “make or break” factor for your site. Give yourself a few days ...
The US had been content to move more and more mining offshore since World War II, because of both the nation’s voracious consumption of global resources and the sector’s terrible environmental track record. But the energy transition has radically altered the geopolitical, ec...
I’ll fully admit that I’m terrible about keeping up with things like that. But I’m working at getting better. This framework has helped me stay on target for a few things... How does React decide to re-render a component? Feb 8, 2017 React is known for its performance. Because ...
I have terrible work FOMO about going part time, though, and no concrete reason to do so – I don’t have children or caring responsibilities. The best idea I can think of is to request a 0.7 or 0.8 contract but agree to be in school all the time, so I don’t miss meetings and...
Many trees in the Brackham area were brought down in the terrible storms that March. The town itself lost two great lime trees from the former market square. The disappearance of such striking features had changed the appearance of the town center entirely, to the annoyance of its more conser...
For the record, my name is Jennifer Weiner. Pronounced “WINE-er.” When I write I use my maiden name for my byline so I’m not confused with the relatively prolific author of the same name. Jennifer Weiner has done rather well for herself, so it wouldn’t be terrible, but no need...