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  • Stop Patronizing Parents’ School Choice Decisions, Please

    Stop Patronizing Parents’ School Choice Decisions, Please0

    Whenever we engage in discussions around school choice (charter schools, vouchers, and so on), it’s important to remember the origins of the mass schooling apparatus. In the mid-19th century when the first compulsory schooling statutes took hold–mandating attendance under a legal threat of force–the bureaucrats most responsible for compelling school for the masses had no

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  • Stop Obsessing Over Generational Differences

    Stop Obsessing Over Generational Differences0

    Our society is obsessed with generational differences. The internet is awash with articles and studies analyzing Baby Boomers vs. millennials vs. Generation Z (or “Zoomers.”) Apparently, the babies being born right now are called “Generation Alpha.” Generational differences have practically become their own genre of writing. Some of these articles are slightly scientific, but many

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  • Stop Freaking Out Over Talent—Everyone Can Sing

    Stop Freaking Out Over Talent—Everyone Can Sing0

    A Hungarian film titled “Sing” recently won the Oscar for best short film. “Sing” tells the story of young Zsófi, who joins a renowned children’s choir at her elementary school where “everyone is welcome.” Soon after joining, Zsófi is told by her teacher Erika not to sing, but only mouth the words. On the face

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  • Stop Feeding the Polarization Beast

    Stop Feeding the Polarization Beast3

    A new academic year has begun, as is evident from the smell of Xeroxed paper in the hallways and the excitement of college freshmen who are new to our classrooms. These first weeks are glorious: students are cheerful and optimistic, believing that this will be the year of straight A’s and good times. The professors

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  • Stop Dumbing Down Books for Teens

    Stop Dumbing Down Books for Teens0

    During my senior year AP English class in high school, we read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It was brutal. I thought I was a pretty good reader because I had worked my way through most of Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and Leo Tolstoy, but I struggled to get through Heart of Darkness. To this day,

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  • Stop Drinking Coffee and Alcohol for a Year and This Happens

    Stop Drinking Coffee and Alcohol for a Year and This Happens0

    Ever wonder what your life would be like if you suddenly dropped some of the habits that you do regularly? As a person who drinks coffee pretty much every morning, the notion can be a tough one to stomach. Maybe even more so for the person who enjoys having a few beers every night after

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