A college campus can look remarkably different depending on who is walking across it. To one person, the buildings represent classes, assignments, examinations, and the degree waiting somewhere at the end. To another, the same campus represents independence, uncertainty, possibility, and perhaps the first opportunity to decide who they want to become. Both views are true. College certainly provides an education, but learning does not stay neatly inside classrooms. Conversatio

Joy Don Baker The four young women in the Nurseketeers series were born one afternoon at the movies. I arrived early for a chick flick, although I no longer remember its title. With a journal in hand and time before the show, I found something else to watch. Four women entered the theater and sat several rows below me. The five of us were the only people in the theater. As they talked amongst themselves, I took notes. I identified each woman by her hair color or clothing. Ms.

Mistakes have an uncomfortable way of staying with us. Long after the immediate problem has passed, we can replay what happened, what we should have noticed, and what we wish we had done differently. The temptation is either to dwell on the error or put it behind us as quickly as possible. Neither response necessarily leads to growth. A mistake becomes valuable when we are willing to examine it closely enough to discover what needs to change. That process requires more than r

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