One day, my father, he told me, “Son, don’t let it slip away”He took me in his arms, I heard him say“When you get older your wild heart will live for younger daysThink of me if ever you’re afraid” ========================Reported Speech We use a ‘reporting verb’ like ‘say’ or ‘tell’. (Click here for more about using ‘say’ and ‘tell’.) If this verb is in the present tense, it’s easy. We just put ‘she says’ and then the sentence: Direct speech: I like ice cream.Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.We don’t need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the ‘person’ from ‘I’ to… Read More

In Dark Academia: How Universities Die, Peter Fleming explores the destructive impact of the bureaucratic and neoliberal structures of academia, which have turned universities into toxic workplaces. The book powerfully evokes despair and despondency at the loss of the intellectual environment promised of academics. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Throughout the book, Fleming, a seasoned academic himself, recounts the stories of such victims of ‘Dark Academia’. These include Gregory Eells, Director of Counselling and Psychological Services at the University of Pennsylvania, who killed himself in downtown Philadelphia and others. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Fleming argues that in the past half-century, university administrators have, for various political and financial reasons that he largely glosses over, systemically adopted the doctrines of… Read More