When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and began to cry. “Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!”Shyly, proud-bursting, I stammered that I had. She poured out her praise. Why, this poem was nothing ...
60. “When you face the sun,” wrote Helen Keller, “the shadows always ___ you.” 61. In the days ___ our meeting he'll jot down subjects he wants to be sure he remembers to talk to me about while we are together. 62. After a month, Mr. McAyley called me and said that ...
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Perhaps the most famous snub (冷落): Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, when she was a PhD student at Cambridge. The Nobel prize that recognised this landmark discovery in 1974, however, went to her male supervisor (指导者), Antony Hewish. ...
When I lost my job, I slipped into a self-pity funk for a bit.The following is a crucial to-do list anyone who’s been laid off should follow. 1. Acknowledge Your Emotions, Then Move On After you’ve been let go, you ma...
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It’s that time, to bestow that prestigious award uponmoiself. Again. The need for which I wrote abouthere.[4] * * * Freethinkers’ Thought Of The Week[5] “Along with the usual secular values (such as appropriate tolerance/intolerance, morality, critical thinking, appreciation for reason...
Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN With the announcement of DeepSeek on January 27, 2025, it became compelling to cover several aspects of this hot Artificial Intelligence Technology. This curation has four Parts: Part A: Explanations Part B: The Chinese Perspective ...
I never imagined my graduate experience would be so heavily affected by a personal crisis. During the second year of my PhD program, COVID-19 caused the ___ chapter of my life. My university shut down, and I lost my older brother. In all, within two months, my life had become _...
[单项选择题]W: I’ve been reading a marvelous book about wild animals in Africa.M: I wonder if it is the same book I read last year. What are these people discussing () 关键词: book discussing marvelous A. A healthy way of life.B. A marvelous book on wildlife.C. Whether they ...
I finished my PhD in Biomedical Engineering at a joint program between MIT and Harvard Medical School. During the last 9 months of my PhD, my life could be summarized by: work, eat, sleep, and repeat. There were times where I didn't leave my apartment fo