Category: Personal stories

How Traveling Opens up the Mind

September 5, 2025 No Comments

This past summer, I took a trip to Asia, visiting Tokyo as well as Malaysia, my mother’s home country. On the 100th floor of a

Offline and Inspired: Screen-Free Activities to Spark Kids’ Curiosity

August 20, 2025 No Comments

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post Back in the summer of 1989, I was 7 years old. I had moved from rural Goodman, Mississippi, into downtown

Homelessness in Education: I Did It!

July 2, 2025 No Comments

Well, it’s official. This homeless girl completed both her poetry course and her Paradise Lost course. AllPoetry.com and Hillsdale College offer free, non-credit courses. I took

Could the Two-Phone System Work for Students, Too?

June 3, 2025 No Comments

In the workplace, we all know colleagues who have both a work phone and a home or personal phone. With the current atmosphere of students

Inspiring Resilience: The Story of Tiffany Rae Starkey

May 8, 2025 No Comments

My interview with Ms. Tiffany Rae Starkey was inspired after reading her article, “Saving Grace for Surviving Homelessness,” on the Zealousness blog. Ms. Starkey developed

Saving Grace for Surviving Homelessness

April 3, 2025 No Comments

For the homeless, the public library is a saving grace. Most are open Monday to Saturday and I was able to visit one regularly. On

How To Help Failing Students

March 31, 2025 No Comments

My Story Back in 2005, when I was an undergraduate at “Ole Miss,” I started taking online classes for the first time. I was too

Apply Myself: Education During Homelessness

March 6, 2025 No Comments

As a non-traditional student, I finally graduated from San Diego Mesa College in 2014. I hold an Associate’s degree in English (Honors) and an Associate’s