Erie Times-News Published June 19, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman The English language has been destroyed. That’s what language purists would want us to believe, anyway. And for a while, I was with them. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one left in my generation who can spell without the aid of Microsoft Word’s spell-checker. [...]

Newsday Published April 13, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman I loathe tests. There’s something about the classroom that turns menacing on exam day, something I’ve noticed since my days in Stride Rite sneakers and stirrup pants. What I fear isn’t struggling for the answers, it’s finding them too quickly. Two things can happen after you finish [...]