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  • 5 Reasons Parents Want Homework to Disappear

    5 Reasons Parents Want Homework to Disappear0

    Earlier this year, Texas teacher Brandy Young told parents she would not be giving homework throughout the year. Instead, Ms. Young encouraged families to spend homework time doing things together. The note went viral, suggesting that American parents are not big fans of homework. Neither, it seems, are parents in Spain. They have designated every

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  • 5 Reasons Parents Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Chores

    5 Reasons Parents Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Chores0

    As a little girl, one of my sister’s dreaded chores was sweeping the kitchen floor. Although our kitchen was relatively small, she somehow managed to make the task stretch on for… well, quite a while. Although we chuckle about it now, the task was quite torturous at the time, not only for my sister, but

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  • 5 Reasons Millennials Don’t Want Kids

    5 Reasons Millennials Don’t Want Kids8

    Last week, I came across an article that cited nine reasons that millennials don’t want to have kids. And even though its tone was more similar to that of a childish rant than an article (so much so that I won’t even link to it here), it did bring up a lot of holdups that

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  • 5 Reasons Marxism Has Nothing to Offer Millennials

    5 Reasons Marxism Has Nothing to Offer Millennials0

    For millennials looking to shake off a dull weekend with a good economics or philosophy book, Marxism is one topic you might want to avoid. Anyone who has taken the time to read either Karl Marx or Friedrich Engels would, hopefully, realize just how lucky they are to live in a relatively free society. But

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  • 5 Reasons Latin is the Great Equalizer

    5 Reasons Latin is the Great Equalizer1

    Latin is experiencing a rousing comeback in the last few years, a fact which Intellectual Takeout has wholeheartedly endorsed. After all, when research shows that learning Latin dramatically boosts the math, science, and reading proficiency rates of schoolchildren, who can help but admire the dead tongue? One of Latin’s proponents is Bill Clausen, a department

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  • 5 Reasons House-Building Should Be a Part of High School Curriculum

    5 Reasons House-Building Should Be a Part of High School Curriculum0

    By now, we’ve grown accustomed to calls for more career and technical education in high school. The reason for these calls is twofold. First, not everyone will go to college, so giving students an introduction to other career alternatives gives them life purpose and direction. Second, practical life skills like woodworking and welding are fast

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