Education

  • Contradictions

    Ignore The Rules Dicktator Teach Patriotism Blackout The Truth Arms Race Prioritize Life Hunt Anti-Christians Fiction Deport Illegals Euro Nation Fire Federal Workers Strangle Oversight Smash Regulations We Die End EPA Who Cares Dump Social Security Let Old People Die… Continue reading

    Contradictions
  • Fear and Loathing in America

    “The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are… Continue reading

    Fear and Loathing in America
  • My Fellow Americans: An Open Letter

    The following letter has been revised to reflect the recent inauguration and the ensuing catastrophe. Dear Fellow Americans, what the hell were you thinking? Is this really the best we could do? There were realistically only two choices unless you… Continue reading

    My Fellow Americans: An Open Letter
  • 75, a Lifetime of Experience, and a College Degree: What’s Next?

    Reflecting on my life journey, I have concluded that achieving your dreams is possible at any age. It took me nearly fifty-eight years from my high school graduation in 1966 to graduate from college this past May with a BA… Continue reading

    75, a Lifetime of Experience, and a College Degree: What’s Next?
  • A Few Thoughts About Higher Education at Any Age

    The following essay is an updated version of an earlier one and was recently published on Linkedin. So, a funny thing happened to me on my way to two degrees during an eight-year journey: an A.A. in English and a… Continue reading

    A Few Thoughts About Higher Education at Any Age
  • eight years

    I have been attending college for the past eight years, first at Long Beach City College and now at California State University, Long Beach. I will graduate on May 21 at the age of seventy-five. what is eight years in… Continue reading

  • College

    I look back at the beginning of my continuing educational journey, my first semester at California State University, Long Beach, on August 22, 2022. I’m often asked, “Why are you going to college at your age?” Why not? Better than… Continue reading

    College
  • KING

    King        I was nineteen years old          on April 4, 1968when the bullet   full of hate          scorn          the fear of losing…a nation of white supremacyMURDERED Dr. Martin Luther King JR Do you remember where you were? I was living in my parent’s apartment in the… Continue reading

    KING
  • Maybe I (Don’t) Want to Be a Scholar When I Grow Up

    I love writing essays for school and my website, www.antoniopedroruiz.com. The complication is when I have to edit them and I spend entirely spend too much time on one word or sentence and sometimes wish I could leave the original… Continue reading

    Maybe I (Don’t) Want to Be a Scholar When I Grow Up
  • Summer Morning, Just After Sunrise

    The following writing sample is the product of free writing exercises I like to call “Exercising those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theater 389 Playwriting class this Fall 2023 semester. We were given various prompts and then asked… Continue reading