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  • Thinking Free While Living With the Establishment

    Thinking Free While Living With the Establishment0

    This week I celebrated my 70th birthday. I like the sound of 70. In terms of human years that number seems possessed of dignity and wisdom, and though I may lack both attributes, 70 provides a façade leading others to think that age has endowed me with these prizes. Regardless, I have reached the age when

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  • Think You’re Bad at Math? You May Suffer from ‘Math Trauma’

    Think You’re Bad at Math? You May Suffer from ‘Math Trauma’1

    • November 1, 2018

    I teach people how to teach math, and I’ve been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I’ve met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma – a form of debilitating mental shutdown when it comes to doing mathematics. When people share their stories with me, there are common

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  • Think Trump is Hitler? Go to Dachau

    Think Trump is Hitler? Go to Dachau0

    Right now, someone in the media is finding another excuse to proclaim that Trump is Hitler, America is Germany 1933, and detention centers on the southern border are concentration camps. Recently I went to Dachau, just outside of Munich, to see a real concentration camp. The first thing you notice is the irony. The people

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  • Think the U.S. Is More Polarized Than Ever? You Don’t Know History

    Think the U.S. Is More Polarized Than Ever? You Don’t Know History0

    It has become common to say that the United States in 2020 is more divided politically and culturally than at any other point in our national past. As a historian who has written and taught about the Civil War era for several decades, I know that current divisions pale in comparison to those of the

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  • Think the SAT Essay Exam is Hard? Try This One from 1915.

    Think the SAT Essay Exam is Hard? Try This One from 1915.0

    Taking the SAT or ACT exam is a big milestone in the high school careers of many students. One of the most daunting portions of the exam is THE ESSAY. For those who have taken the SAT recently, the following sample question may seem familiar: Compare this to the 1915 Grammar and Composition Exam produced

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  • Think Open-Plan Offices Are More Efficient? Think Again.

    Think Open-Plan Offices Are More Efficient? Think Again.0

    Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%. The study is the first to track the impacts of open-plan

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