seanessay.com From yesterday’s Free Fall Friday comes this a poem. Ignore my poetic license; Sir Winston Churchill did not exactly fail school, but he had his troubles. He started writing as a young man, and I am privileged to have several old volumes of his personal essays. Journalists may recall Strunk and White’s advice to […]
Barbarians At the Campus Gate
seanessay.com I already knew about unbelievable student barbarians gathering at certain Canadian campuses: Trying to silence Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson when he is invited to campus to speak, even though he denies being transphobic. Now, this week, I see it happening over in England, with students trying to get Professor Kathleen Stock fired. At least […]
Marxists infest the Prairie Campus
A fellow Albertan, Professor Jordan Peterson, makes an amazing claim: Professors who believe in “postmodernism” and/or “Marxism” (communism) make up much of the humanities faculty. Hard to believe, in this day and age, that professors still believe in Marxism, or in NeoMarxism. Is Peterson mistaken? Maybe not, hence I am reprinting part of my essay […]
Struggling In College Again
seanessay.com There were 182 helpful blog comments after a smart, well-liked college kid, whose blog I follow, reported failing university, big time, repeatedly. None of the comments advised on emotional or mental health, no, not after the first comment was from the girl’s father to discouraged such advice, saying she was getting adequate counselling already. […]
Fitting in to College
A US college student, who’s blog I follow, titled her piece: I regret to inform you all that I miss high school. Athena Scalzi, on her blog Whatever, (Dec 16, 2020) received 87 comments, most of them lengthy, over two days. Her readers are mostly older nerds and science fiction fans. Smart, I mean. Yet […]
Craving One On One Conversation
essaysbysean.blogspot.com Dear Derek, after your podcast interviews, (link) I’ve been thinking of what you said: You liked conversing with a lady Olympian who said, “I do not hang out.” You very much preferred one on one conversations that were not “hanging out.”. You would be so disappointed when a fellow would surprise you, after you […]