Troy Headrick's personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art. In politics, I’m something of a progressive extremist.  But in my approach to living, I’d say I’m something of a moderate.  I mean, by that, I believe in achieving balance.  Extremism may be good in politics—especially if one advocates extreme liberalism and... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick’s personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art. I’m quite close to someone who recently lost a beloved family member.  The dearly departed was a septuagenarian who had battled a case of metastasized cancer that finally got the best of him.  To respect my friend’s privacy, I don’t want to... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick's personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art. In my last blog, which was about teaching and learning, I asked, down in my conclusion, the following question: Is there anything bigger (or more important) than knowledge when learning, and if so, what might this bigger (and more important) thing be?... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick’s personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art. I’ve been busy in recent days.  As many of you may recall, I manage a writing center at a community college in San Antonio, Texas, USA.  For a number of reasons, recent weeks at work have been especially stressful.  For one, I’ve... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick's personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art. When I was growing up, there was a very common euphemism that was used when referring to those who behaved arrogantly.  Such people were said to be “full of themselves.”  I don’t know if folks still use this phrase or not.  Today,... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick's personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art I’ve spent nearly my entire career working on college and university campuses that were located both inside and outside of America.  I currently direct the Integrated Reading and Writing Learning Center (INRW LC) on a community college campus that’s located in San... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick's personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art. Several days ago I read Allie Diltz’s “How I Try to Not Suck (As Much)” and liked the piece a lot.  In fact, thinking about it prompted the response you are about to read. After finishing her blog, I began to wonder... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick’s personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art My mother has told me stories about how curious I was as a child.  I don’t know if I was born this way or if this curiosity was mostly nurtured.  I guess that’s sort of a what-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg type of question.  I do... Continue Reading →

Troy Headrick's personal blog can be found at Thinker Boy:  Art & Blog I see some people posting blogs (and comments about them) on thinking and the role it plays in human life.  As someone who has expertise in thinking—especially in what some call “critical thinking”—I’ve been feeling more and more like chiming in.  (By... Continue Reading →

By Troy Headrick of Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art I’ve started reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations.  I’m only into chapter four—I bookmarked page twenty-three to be a bit more specific—but I’m already so glad I decided to look at it again.  As I claimed in my last blog, the book is full of wisdom and provides... Continue Reading →

By Troy Headrick of Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art Toward the end of 2018, I started developing some bad habits.  For example, I got sucked into spending too much time sitting in front of my TV.  Having said that, I mostly watched stuff on the political debacle happening in the United States and elsewhere.  I’m... Continue Reading →

By Troy Headrick of Thinker Boy:  Blog & Art My “Growing Up Is Overrated” caused quite a stir.  Lots of people liked the piece and posted comments.  Many readers of the blog seem to have rightfully concluded that a great many could live much happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives if they could learn to... Continue Reading →