30 clever and practical high school graduation gifts for himMara Leighton
The trouble is, money isn’t a very thoughtful gift. Sometimes it may be a good idea (it’s great for graduations and weddings, when people are just starting out on a new life adventure), but most of the time it comes off as crude, tactless, or even offensive. One of the main po...
Whether they’ll be off to college or headed to work, within a few short weeks after the graduation party, your new grad will be short on every essential – time, space, and cash. If you want to give them a gift you know will really count, but balk at giving generic gift cards, c...
I framed a handful of my grandma’s embroidery projects to use asdecorations throughout the house. I used my old high-school and college sports t-shirts to makea t-shirt quiltthat we use daily. I turned my wedding dress intoa baptism outfit for our boys. Nora wore my baptism dress and...
When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future. You thanked her by saying "I don't want to be like you". When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation. You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe. When you were 23, she gav...
“There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.” — Seneca Few of us would consider ourselves philosophers. Most of us can recall at least one turtleneck-wearing intellectual in college who dedicated countless hours of study to the most obs...
Some students even set up their own bamboo basketry design studios after graduation because they realized the personal advantages in this niche product area with the help of their new-found development skills. It is often difficult to obtain investment for initial technical research that usually ...
Coming up on the (gasp) 30th anniversary of my graduation from Fairfield University, I find myself nostalgic for the courses that taught me so much beyond the classroom. The (late) Dr. Art Anderson gave his Sociology students much to chew on, including this nugget: “In the work world, ...
Those who just pass out of college and start searching for jobs have this curiosity – how would the actual working environment be in a company? Here I have focused on the actual working process ofSoftware Testing in the companies. Whenever we get any new project there is an initial project...