The Comfort Of Predictable Outcomes In Movies And Higher Ed
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It was Saturday, November 14, and the holiday music was already playing on an FM station in the Cleveland area. I rolled my eyes, bemoaned that the holidays come earlier and earlier every year and then left that station on.
Just a week later, I started a week of vacation. Pre-Thanksgiving, there was plenty to do, but I had a bad cold and for a couple of days all I could do was lay on the couch and watch TV. I discovered that my cable provider had recently added the Hallmark Channel to our lineup.
You know what’s coming next, right?
I started watching rounds of Hallmark Holiday movies. My girls came home from school and were now off on vacation the rest of the week. I think we watched three movies that first night alone. One right after the other.
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