728 x 90

Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

  • Home
  •  
  • Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

Latest Posts

Top Authors

  • Should Immigrants be Required to Learn English?

    Should Immigrants be Required to Learn English?0

    One of the most popularly cited silly laws in my home state is a prohibition on crossing state lines with a duck atop one’s head. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on whether you see it from the perspective of the duck or the individual wearing said duck, this so-called law is bogus. An urban legend. There are,

    READ MORE
  • Should I Grade-skip My Gifted Child?

    Should I Grade-skip My Gifted Child?0

    The American school system puts students in grades based on age. However, for a large number of students, being with same-age peers in the classroom does not work. A recent report from Johns Hopkins University shows that about two out of every seven children are ready for a higher-grade curriculum. These children are not learning

    READ MORE
  • Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?

    Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?0

    Years ago, I was privy to an instance where a young, middle school girl was encouraged to join the swim team at her local neighborhood school. There was only one problem. The girl was homeschooled, a status which made her automatically ineligible to join the team and participate in the sport.  But times have changed,

    READ MORE
  • Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescue?

    Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescue?0

    If a hiker gets lost in the wilderness, should she bear the costs of her own rescue?  The recent ordeal of a woman lost in a Maui forest for seventeen days brings this issue once again to public attention. State-funded rescue operations were called off after three days of effort because of the expense, but

    READ MORE
  • Should Female Chess Champions Be Forced to Wear a Hijab?

    Should Female Chess Champions Be Forced to Wear a Hijab?0

    About a year ago, I wrote about my interest in learning to play chess. This interest came about after reading Ben Franklin’s arguments on the skills the sport builds, including foresight, caution, and perseverance. Had I learned to play last year, I undoubtedly would have soared to the top and been eligible for next year’s

    READ MORE
  • Should Everyone Go to College?

    Should Everyone Go to College?3

    The call for college to be made “free” to all who want it rests on a number of assumptions, most of them self-serving, some of them well-founded, and at least one that goes to the heart of our cultural, political, and economic ills as a nation. The most important self-serving assumption is that education, like

    READ MORE
© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024