Reflections

Reflections looks at film, television, science fiction, history, and culture through a personal and social lens — the ideas beneath the spectacle, and the parallels between fiction and the world around us.

Violence facilitates change.

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It moves things.Breaks things.Forces outcomes where none seemed possible. But let’s not dress it up. Violence doesn’t open doors. Violence breaks them down. Splinters the frame.Shatters whatever was holding things together. And it doesn’t just break structures. It breaks people. Communities that took generations to form.Families that don’t come back together.Lives that are never lived. … Read more

Teaching How to Finish an Exam

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Teaching How to Finish an Exam Finishing an exam is a skill.Not intelligence. Not knowledge. A skill. And like any skill, it needs to be trained deliberately. Most students don’t run out of ability.They run out of time. The Hidden Problem Exams are rarely designed to be comfortably completed. They’re built to: That means perfection … Read more