by Caroline Crocker | Jun 6, 2025 | Teaching
(updated from a published article) “Dr. Crocker, I know who complained about you to your boss—you reported her for cheating on her final exam.” Only a week after the publication of the story of my time as an educator at George Mason University (GMU), I was contacted...
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 3, 2025 | Science
A simple sugar. Several of these attached make a polysaccharide, like starch. The little balls represent amino acids. Those attach, the chain curls up, and the final result is a functional machine. The four railroad cars of DNA are guanine, cytosine, thymine, and...
by Caroline Crocker | May 27, 2025 | Science, Teaching
Kitchen sponges. Those who use them love them. Those of us who are scientists trained in microbiology don’t. Why not? Wet Places are often Germy The simple answer is: because they remain wet. Bacteria love to grow in damp places. During COVID, I had my students...
by Caroline Crocker | May 23, 2025 | Writing
Picture the scene: My very patient and supportive husband and I are setting out for an Arts and Crafts fair, where Rambling Ruminations has a stall. “Where are we headed?” he asks. The Problem I pull up my website on my phone. “That’s the great thing about my...
by Caroline Crocker | May 9, 2025
Dr. Caroline Crocker will speak about how and why she wrote Unforgivable, read from the book, and answer questions at this private event for seniors and their families.
