SparkLife posts by jon_skindzier

For as long as we've been good enough with language to make poetry out of it, we've been using that poetry to hit on each ...

Jon is blogging Lord of the Flies! Did you miss the first installment? Here it is.

Chapter 2 begins with Ralph holding a meeting back on ...

You asked us to blog Lord of the Flies; your wish is our command. Enjoy! —SparkNotes editors

Lord of the Flies is a novel by Englishman ...

Let's say you're fresh from getting accepted to the school of your dreams, due entirely to the cleverness of your ridiculously creative essay. You're so ...

Essays are usually a tool used to gauge something about you—for example, your skill at writing, your ideals and personality, or your ability to repeat ...

Another day, another Baseless Complaint About Young People. Old people, who reminisce fondly about their dinosaur-fighting days in the late Cretaceous, do not like it ...

For as long as there have been young people, there have been old people who do not like them. Sometimes the old people sort of ...

School's a full-time job, packed with stress and anxiety and worrying about your future. The last thing anybody needs is to spend a chunk of ...

Art is awesome, and you should involve yourself in it whenever you can. Even if you're pretty terrible at it, and just wind up making ...

Ever had a teacher who seemed exactly as confused about the material as you were?

It was a science teacher, wasn't it? (Please just nod politely ...