Was the Master’s Degree Worth It?

Mpepper/ September 13, 2025/ Think Pieces, Writing, Writing Advice

This is a perennial question in the writing community: is getting a Master’s worth the time and expense? So I’m going to talk about my experience and point of view. Your mileage, as ever, may vary. I got my undergrad degree in Radio-Television-Film (RTF is what we called it) Communication from the University of Texas at Austin. My focus was

Read More

Why America “Can’t” Have Tuition-Free College

Mpepper/ March 11, 2025/ Think Pieces

Yes, “can’t” in quotation marks because, of course, we could have education without charging ridiculous amounts of money for access to it, but… I have one child at university and two more in high school, so wouldn’t I just love it if the United States offered tuition-free options for higher education? You betcha. Germany is often pointed to as the

Read More