Category Archives: Life in the United States

Tutoring over the Internet, and using technology to do it, can be tricky (difficult and challenging). An ideal (the best) tutoring situation includes a knowledgeable and skilled teacher working one-on-one (with one teacher and one student) with a student, with the … Continue reading →

Everyone feels lonely sometimes. One researcher in a recent Wall Street Journal article defines loneliness this way: “Loneliness is the feeling of social isolation or dissatisfaction with your relationships.” Isolation is the feeling of being apart or separate from other … Continue reading →

It started when I received an email from a company from another country – I’ll call them ADRS. ADRS claims (says something is true) to be a domain registration service (a business that helps other businesses). When you operate a … Continue reading →

If you attended (went to) a public K-12 (kindergarten to grade 12, for children ages six to 18) school in the United States, you probably ate a lot of school lunches. Most medium to large-size schools in the U.S. have … Continue reading →

Every year, the same. My great-grandmother always gave me socks for Christmas! And whether I liked them or not, I kept them and wore them, at least occasionally. There was no thought of returning them or exchanging (to give something … Continue reading →

Sometimes ugly is cool — well, not cool, but fun. That’s the case for the ugly Christmas sweater. It’s not clear how the ugly sweater trend (fashion; what is popular for people to wear) began, but some say that they reached … Continue reading →

Although it is raining in Los Angeles today, it has been warm this week, as usual. However, the early part of December was cold here, at least by Los Angeles standards (way of measuring). The high temperatures have only been … Continue reading →

Storytellers with cameras. That would be one way to describe photojournalists, the people who report the news using photographs rather than words. In the U.S., no photojournalist has a better view of world events than the official White House photographer. … Continue reading →

According to international surveys (questionnaires), including a much cited (referred to by other people) 2004 poll (research where many people are asked the same question(s)) by the Gallup organization, the United States has one of the highest percentages of church … Continue reading →