Monthly Archives: March 2015

Separating Work and Real Life

Office meeting

As a grad student, I was always thinking about school. I can remember having deep thoughts about organizational theory while in the shower (my water bills tended to be high as a result). I felt sorry for friends who asked how my dissertation was going because they typically got a 3-hour report in excruciating detail […]

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Why Don’t Singaporean Teens Get Part-Time Jobs?

Online learning

At dinner this weekend a Singaporean friend asked, “What’s the biggest difference you see between Singapore and the US?” Without even thinking about it, I said “”Singaporean teens don’t get part-time jobs.” I was thinking about this recently because I actually DID meet a local teen working at a coffee shop, and it seemed so […]

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