My Experience at Westland High School
How an honor-roll student can lose heart and drop out
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
An overview of Shawn Olson's experience at Westland High School.
westland high school, student teacher conflict, smart kid, honor roll, drop out, dropout
Education in the Digital Age
Posted on Jan 27, 2017 | Last Updated Feb 16, 2017
Essay on education in the modern digital age.
education, society
My failed faith
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
The evolution of Shawn Olson's views on faith, religion and ethics.
apostasy of shawn olson, ethics, morality, debate
Smart Kids in Distress
Posted on Mar 8, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
Advice for young artists and free thinkers struggling in high school.
high school advice, education, artists, creative thinkers, talented kids
Google's Dewey Update
Posted on Jun 9, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
Some thoughts on the latest upheaval to the search engine world and the so-called Dewey Update.
google, dewey update
Junk Food won’t make you Chuck
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A review of musical group Chuck's Junk by Shawn Olson, originally in the Westside Messenger.
chucks junk, chuck's junk, music, junk food, chunk music, westside messeng
A Call for Reason
Posted on Jan 14, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
science, society, pseudoscience, media, politics, rush limbaugh
Free World
Posted on Dec 26, 2002 | Last Updated Jun 4, 2003
The second installment.
Fiction, Science Fiction
