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Stanley W. Shura

Stanley W. Shura

living in Abington, MA
   
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TOTAL VIEWS: 2,391|PUBLISHED CONTENT: 73|FAVORITED BY: 11|CONTENT PRODUCER SINCE: 02/12/2008

I live and work in the South Shore area of Massachusetts. My day job is in "severe" special needs. I love playing the piano, and teach it privately. I'm very much into jazz, as well as some rather "geeky" interests like math, psychology, learning theory, and word games su

Education/Experience: still in pursuit of a (mostly completed) Bachelor of Music in Music Education/Music Studies from UMass Lowell

Interests: writing, jazz, piano, number theory, psychology, executive and learning disorders, pi, poetry, and social and political issues

Affiliations: American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International

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This is my response to the writing prompt of the same name.
I was intent on writing an argument in favor of dumping America's copper runt, and still find merit in that point of view.
my response to a writing prompt of the same name
an opinion piece in response to a query/writing prompt of the same name
WARNING!!! This is an experimental and VERY profane and blasphemous RAGE! I'm trying to shake some shackles and see where the rules really are, so that my art can expand beyond my fears. Please bea...
This is first-person piece written from the trenches. In it, I describe some of the cognitive habits that can so confound getting things done, and some baby steps you can take when in the grip of rea...
This is a consumer-written article which, by way of introduction, gives a basic review of the history of ADD.. I describe how ADD may manifest itself, both in childhood and in an adult, and some of t...
This is a challenge to all Associated Content producers to help Hard Luck Charlie turn his life around! Are you up for it?
an editorial about man, nature, balance, symbiosis, life, and a lot of other big stuff
...eh, just a cute little piece I wrote back as a high school sophomore (some 20 years ago). I'm melting away and hating the heat already. I'm thinking of snow...!!!
a short story
This is my response to a debate topic posed on Helium.com
My response to a debate topic posed on another writing site.
This is a debate topic posed over on helium.com, and to which I obviously answered in the negative. Well, not obvious until you continue, so...
ahh- ahhhh- aahhh- aaahhh- aaaAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH---....
an opinion piece on rights, public health, and courtesy
This is a slightly more comprehensive treatment of my 'misconceptions' article dealing with the same subject.
A convoluted enigma masquerading in mystery, confusion and chaos! ;)
An article about nonverbal learning difficulties/impairment that presents as an opinion piece, but which is backed by factual verification, personal experience, and exposure to primary "evidence".
A response to a debate prompt at another site. I lay NO claim to objectivity in *this* piece.
an opinion piece fed by much informal primary research
an opinion piece written in response to a debate topic posed on another site
Opinion piece about the tension between the one and the many.
You must hear this child's voice. Arrghhh - may !#!&^* puberty never touch this boy!! Okay okay, but - why does such sweetness have to be finite???
rant, editorial, soapbox, vent, opinion, great mouth off and overall diatribe!
ehh....I'm too disorganized to write an overview!..... ;)
a poem....mwa ha haaaa!!!
a picture poem
This is an editorial piece expounding the virtues of teaching the student how to learn, not on what methodologies will best help and serve and elevate the teacher, nor *especially* the educational "sy...
This is an opinion piece in which I allege that the very question "do two wrongs make a right" is a misnomer - a red herring - a farce! Is it actually wrong to get even?
This is an editorial in which I defend a person's right to decide his own fate on his own terms. I argue that the very autonomy with which a person may make a bad decision, including suicide, is t...
This is an opinion piece on the popular talent show genre hit 'American Idol'. I am endlessly entertained by the worst of the auditions, and bore after the first couple of rounds. This article d...