Merlot's Things

A former student (graduated right before the summer) emailed me yesterday saying that he had passed a 4-tier interview process at JP Morgan, and that the final interview step which took the form of a group project was very similar to the way I had designed the group work for the course that he had taken, which in the end had given him an upper hand......   2 reply

When I was much younger I had a time like that too. TBH the only thing that pushed me out of that cycle of nothingness and dread was the fear of it being the rest of my life. The whys and hows didn't matter, all that was real was just that I wasn't functional the way I felt everyone else around me was. So yeah, before I learned how to enjoy life a......   1 reply

From a teacher's perspective, almost every semester there is at least one student in the cohort who ends up being the nexus of some drama. By now we just hope that it doesn't get TOO bad. One semester we had a student who ended up stalking one of the teachers. As the semester progressed the student would follow the teacher everywhere more and more......   reply

In kindergarten years and years ago (in the 90s, lol) I convinced the rest of the kids that not only were Biker Mice real, but that I knew them IRL because they worked for my dad. Like, this means nothing to anyone else here but it's such a fond memory, especially since other kids would beg me to try riding their bikes to check if they were "Biker......   1 reply

Being offended on behalf of fictional characters to the point of attacking or cussing at others who don't like him broadcasts how much of a loser you are IRL.   2 reply