Barbara Castleton, M.A.inILLUMINATIONHow to Support Your Muslim Friends During RamadanRamadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims, is just around the corner. This year, 2024, it is projected to start on the evening of…·4 min read·Mar 18, 2023--1--1
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inILLUMINATIONQuick Study: Brain Function and Why Original Thoughts Are Very Rare!Anyone who has ever been addicted to anything from cookies to cocaine knows that the mind has a mind of it’s own, and it’s almost always…·6 min read·Nov 4, 2022--2--2
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inILLUMINATIONThe Case for What’s Possible: Disconnecting What’s HardwiredA new view of possibility has an immediate and powerful impact on who we are and how we live our lives, now, in the present.·4 min read·Jan 3, 2022----
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inAge of AwarenessQuick Study — Why Craft a Great Introduction? Look to the Classics for the Answer.Young writers and newbies sometime struggle over first lines and introductions, perhaps because they are not fully aware of the…·4 min read·Jan 3, 2022----
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inAge of AwarenessQUICK STUDY: What Is RIGOR and How Does It Work in the Classroom?At its core, RIGOR is the process by which learning is extended or enhanced by delving more deeply into the original target item.·5 min read·Oct 5, 2021----
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inAge of AwarenessQUICK STUDY — How Students Can Write a Winning University Application EssayPandemic or not, higher ed applicants still need to write that critical Personal Statement or Application Essay. Here are 7 helpful hints.·6 min read·Jun 11, 2021----
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inILLUMINATIONQUICK STUDY — The Perfectly Ghastly Symmetry of Oklahoma’s Racist Past and It’s New Law·8 min read·Jun 1, 2021--1--1
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inAge of AwarenessQUICK STUDY — How Voter Suppression Laws Target MinoritiesThe new voter suppression laws across many states hearken back to Jim Crow’s intimidation, nullification, and suppression of Black votes.·6 min read·May 17, 2021----
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inAge of AwarenessQUICK STUDY— Ways in Which Systemic Racism Shows UpFor the term systemic racism to be valid, evidence needs to appear at many levels of social and governmental interaction. It does.·3 min read·May 11, 2021--2--2
Barbara Castleton, M.A.inILLUMINATIONMother’s DayWhenever we came up the drive,·2 min read·May 3, 2021----