Outliers
dated 2009-06-02 | posted in columns | topic Culture | permanent link
Não é Possivel?
Malcolm Gladwell is a bushy haired, brilliant, British and American journalist best known for his blockbuster non-fiction book, Blink. In it he explores how intuition works in a split second of inspiration and certainty. His book confirmed my life’s experience: in a “blink” I decided to become a teacher, move to Portugal, create the Pinetree Project and marry Don.
His most recent book, Outliers fascinates me even mor ...
Sweet Eighteen
dated 2009-06-16 | posted in columns | topic People | permanent link
When I turned “sweet sixteen”, I traded my high school boyfriend, temporarily, for Mr. Mims, my driving school teacher. He was short, soft-spoken and honest. Plus, he showed me an infallible technique for parallel parking. Within four months I learned the rules of the road as well as how to navigate them. Once he was certain I would succeed, Mr. Mims escorted me to the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles and waited for me outside. I took th ...