September 2008

A red-letter day.

September 21, 2008

Today was the first time this football season that I remembered to wear my Chicago “C-shirt” while the Bears played. I’d like to think that it helps them in some miniscule way. The first indication that things were not going to go well, and that perhaps my wearing of said C-shirt is useless, came during [...]

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A teacher triumphant.

September 12, 2008

Today I bumped into a young man who took my microeconomics course long ago, back in aught-four. He mentioned that he was studying accounting in college, was trying to become a CPA, and that he was taking a few econ courses. He said he was the only person in his econ class who remembered the concept [...]

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Dear Bears,

September 7, 2008

Nice dominating win over the Colts tonight. Sure, it comes a year-and-a-half later than I would have liked, but good work nonetheless. Your pal, Vincent D. Viscariello 3 Comments viscariello lorenzina Says: JE SUIS TRES CURIEUSE MAIS UNE VISCARIELLO D ORIGINE ITALIENNE ET VOUS??????? November 6th, 2008 at 12:31 pm viscariello lorenzina Says: JE SUIS [...]

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On object permanence.

September 3, 2008

In one of my education courses, we learned about something Jean Piaget labelled “object permanence”–the understanding that objects don’t cease to exist simply because you can’t see them. The youngest infants haven’t developed this understanding yet; that’s why you can play hide-and-seek with them simply by holding a blanket over your face. A week or [...]

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