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WRITING SAMPLES


Watch: a short story (prologue to Malignant)
People. Watching.
I stare across the campus lawn at the bookstore. The window wall reflects a pathetic goodbye between a mother and son.
Nicholas Linke
Feb 205 min read
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Malignant: Copying Machine
The first step in the twelve step program toward true selflessness. The first lie you believe in a series of lies before you LIE to children about your self. The first snow is barely settled on the ground and you’re already asking your mother if she knows what the extended family will be getting you for Christmas.
Nicholas Linke
Apr 304 min read
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End Times: The "Why" Makes Us Actually Fix It
The more people one convinces to change their behavior, the more the science alters the very system it studies. The prophecy alters the...
Nicholas Linke
Apr 23 min read
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Raise Failures: What Video Games to Play in Class
Iterations are essential to this process and progress, reflecting the formative assessments for learning featured in Super Mario Bros.
Nicholas Linke
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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Burn Libraries: Where Equity meets Stoichiometry
The following is a sample of Unit III: Burn Libraries found in my upcoming book, TANGENTS , about the state of our education system and...
Nicholas Linke
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Burn: a short story (about working from home with kids)
Context: As a father that works from home, I am constantly challenged with work life balance. I also believe that education and...
Nicholas Linke
Oct 23, 20245 min read
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Defund Education: When Competition kills Critical Thinking
The student has learned what society has deemed important.
This removal of curiosity keeps students from pursuing further knowledge.
Nicholas Linke
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Silence Science: How Evidence is Overemphasized
Overextending science to pursue these attributes, including truth, is misleading. This is, in part, due to under-educating students about th
Nicholas Linke
Oct 17, 20243 min read
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Complex: a short story (written with AI)
Context: As a former science teacher, I debate how I would have used the AI in the classroom. I believe that education and entertainment...
Nicholas Linke
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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