Tag: #womeninpolitics
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My 2018 summed up in two words: Unrealistic expectations
I learned that my expectations of myself and of those around me are often sadly misaligned with reality.
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KISS isn’t so stupid
As a teacher, I often find myself assuming a level of knowledge that doesn’t exist, and I’m frustrated, both with the student (“How can you not know that?”) and with myself (“Given the audience, why would you make that assumption?”). Instead of breaking down a lesson into its basic parts, I use terms and references…
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Whoosh!
I just spent the last half-hour shredding an innocent stack of receipts and papers rather than finish doing our taxes. Yes, I know it’s April; don’t judge! Our house is never cleaner than when I have a stack of papers waiting to be graded. And I’m beginning to wonder if this political campaign isn’t a…
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Money, money, money…
I don’t know whether it makes the world go ’round like Liza tells us in Cabaret, or if it’s funny like ABBA says in Mama Mia (rewatched for the umpteenth time Friday night), but it’s certainly the focus of Western society, like it or not. Maybe it’s both. It also was the collision point for…
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Dot the i’s and cross the t’s
My to-do list overfloweth. So very many steps to follow to be successful in any profession, whether in the writing world or the political. First things first, of course: in writing, learn the craft. Write, and write some more. While that mythical 10,000 hours plateau looms, when the piece is ready, find beta readers: a…
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Oh, grow up already!
As so often happens, when an idea begins poking at the edges of my unconscious, I see reminders of it in other areas of life – an occurrence blamed on our “reticular activating system.” It’s why when we’re shopping for a red convertible, suddenly they’re everywhere. And as my writing life and political adventures continue to…
CL Pauwels at Large 