About two weeks ago, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the New Professional’s Program event entitled “Day on Wall Street”. For those of you who do not know, New Professionals Program is a recently established student service that provides various methods of training and preparation for entering the job market. Since there is […]
Month: March 2014
Morphology and MLU
My post from two weeks ago, Form, Content, Use- Repeat., spoke about phonology, so now it’s time to talk about the next component of form in language: morphology. A morpheme is the smallest unit of a word that carries meaning. Take the word “kick” for example. This word has one morpheme since it cannot …
Art for Friday, Saturday, *and* Sunday!
Hey all! My trip to The Center for Book Arts was fantastic; I’ll be posting about that on Saturday. Until then, here are some great upcoming art events; in fact, I’ve listed one for every day of the weekend! Enjoy, … Continue reading →
SAT Inc
The SATs. Just the mention of that three letter term (it is no longer an acronym) sends shivers up and down my spine. For most people, talking about the test evokes terrible memories of a difficult time in high school that have been tucked away, unsuccessfully, into oblivion. With so many people having taken it, […]
2014 New York Mets Preview
It’s finally that time of the year again. The team is down in Florida preparing for the upcoming season. Who will be the starting first baseman? Will Ruben Tejada have […]
Community Gardens: Why They are Important
When my friend Barbara told me that she runs a small community garden on a vacant lot in Elmhurst, Queens, I made her promise to show me around. On a crisp Fall day, we did something better. We planted over 100 daffodil bulbs and various other perennial plants. Before we got to planting, I made […]
Fitness Around the World
I know that a lot of you guys most likely have a schedule for the week. Monday, Class, then Lunch, then Work, and then drop by the closest gym to fit in a workout before heading home. I find it that the way that Americans are constantly advised on health and fitness has made it […]
What Is Wrong With The Knicks!?
I cannot believe it has gotten to this point. I watch games hoping they pull off an upset. While nobody expected them to be the Miami Heat or Indiana Pacers, […]
Hollywood and Speech-Language Pathology
It’s that time of year again! Oscar weekend! The various accents actors/actresses can produce can make or break their character’s success. And who can actors turn to for accent modification? Yep, Speech-Language Pathologists! Behind the scenes, coaching can be used to target 1 or 2 specific sounds (phonemes, remember those from my last post?) …
