Author: paige laevy

When Lamar Jackson first sat down with a Louisville Cardinals football playbook in the spring of 2015, he encountered something that the football recruitment pipeline doesn’t promote: true cognitive overload. He was one of the most explosive quarterbacks in the nation when he graduated from Boynton Beach Community High School in Palm Beach County, Florida. He had rushed for over 1,600 yards and thrown for over 2,200 yards in a system that played without a formal playbook and scored 50 points per game. Talent, athleticism, and instinct drove his high school offense. Bobby Petrino then gave him the Louisville plan.…

A youngster called John Christopher Depp II left high school in 1979 to play guitar in a band in the suburb of Miramar, Florida, which had little to set it apart from the rest of Broward County’s flat grid of ranch houses and strip malls. He was fifteen, possibly sixteen. The sources can’t agree on the precise age, which is the kind of minor discrepancy that tends to build up around tales that are repeated over many years. The order is the same in all of them: he dropped out of Miramar High School, changed his mind within two weeks,…

Florence Pugh claims that her instructors at St. Edward’s institution in Oxford, a sizable, prestigious independent institution that has produced scientists, legislators, and the rare literary personality, did not support her decision to pursue a career in movies. Acting was viewed as a diversion, a pastime that had no place in the serious world of UCAS applications and A-levels. She has talked about feeling disregarded. However, she was doing both at the same time, taking exams in Oxford and starring with Maisie Williams in a professionally produced British drama in 2014 during the overlap between her last years of sixth…

A recent Scottsdale graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory moved to Denver in the fall of 2007 to play collegiate basketball. She was recruited as a Division II athlete by Regis University, a small Jesuit campus in the suburbs north of downtown Denver. She came with the hope that the combination of academics and athletics that most student athletes bring with them would find a workable balance. That’s not exactly how it happened. After spending the most of her rookie season on the bench and playing in just eight games, she finally concluded that the fit wasn’t right. Erika Kirk, later…

Unknown to anyone, Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tennessee’s auditorium filled packed in March 2023. Nothing more detailed than an assembly for the senior class had been mentioned by the school. Morgan Wallen then onto the stage. “My name is Morgan Wallen,” he said, introducing himself in the manner of someone who is only dimly aware that the introduction is superfluous. I received my degree from this institution in 2011. I have a special destination in mind. Many of the individuals here hold great meaning for me. Then, in the twenty-four hours before to his planned hometown engagement the next…

The linguistic landscape in London changes practically block by block when you stroll through the correct neighborhoods. Private school pupils in Chelsea conjugate French verbs in well-staffed language labs, possibly fitting in a Mandarin elective before lacrosse practice. According to UCL research, 84% of Bangladeshi students in Tower Hamlets, a few tube stops east, speak Bengali at home. This is a living, breathing second language that is largely ignored by their schools. Once you see the contrast, it’s difficult to ignore it. The idea that bilingualism is an accomplishment that should be fostered in the right kind of child is…

Watching a bilingual employee in a corporate setting translate a client email, resolve a cross-cultural misunderstanding, and then return to a desk where that skill is never once acknowledged—certainly not in their salary—can be subtly annoying. The meeting continues. The instant goes by. The asset is not valued. Most people are unaware of how strange language economics are in the American workforce. After adjusting for industry, hours worked, and skill set, research based on fifteen years of U.S. Census data indicates that bilingual employees typically earn slightly less than comparable monolingual coworkers, not more. It’s not a huge difference. However,…

Many people have recently encountered a situation where they are not truly focused on the essay, report, or email—perhaps while using a laptop in a coffee shop or late at night with a deadline looming. The prompt is what it is. The few lines you enter into a chat box will determine whether the machine provides you with something helpful or something that should be completely discarded. It has begun to feel like a skill to get those lines right. since it is. The definition of language proficiency has changed, and this change is occurring more quickly than most organizations,…

The idea that bilingual babies are simply “smarter” has been floating around parenting circles long enough that it’s practically gospel. Flash cards in two languages. Spanish-immersion preschool waitlists that stretch into the absurd. A particular kind of parental pride that comes with announcing, yes, our household speaks more than one language. But the science, when you actually sit with it, is more complicated — and honestly more interesting — than that simple claim. Researchers at the University of Texas found something worth slowing down to consider. In a study comparing monolingual and bilingual infants at six and ten months old,…

A certain type of ambition doesn’t make a big announcement. For the majority of his career, Christopher Manning has worked on a project that most people outside of computer science wouldn’t even consider challenging: teaching machines to comprehend the true meaning of words. Not merely acknowledge them. Not just spit back results and match syllables in a pattern. When you’re irritated, unsure, or slightly exaggerating for effect, the person seated across from you at a coffee shop will understand. A few years ago, Manning, a linguistics and computer science professor at Stanford University, was named the Thomas M. Siebel Professor…