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  • Oxford Students Can’t Write Either

    Oxford Students Can’t Write Either0

    • June 22, 2015

    Writing ability has gone to pot in America. The latest statistics show that only 25% of students are proficient in writing. Most papers that college professors and high school teachers receive from students lack a clear thesis, correct paragraph structure, or proper grammar and punctuation. Employers frequently complain about the dearth of job applicants who can communicate through writing.

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  • Oxford Scholar: A Remedy for the Decline of Knowledge

    Oxford Scholar: A Remedy for the Decline of Knowledge0

    When I was 9, I somehow ended up in a grade school musical entitled Tracers of Lost Parts of Speech. The play used a mild mystery format peppered with songs to teach young children about nouns, adverbs, prepositions, and their many other blood relatives. While I enjoyed being in the play, my 4th grade friends

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  • Oxford Scholar: 5 Problems with Today’s Education System

    Oxford Scholar: 5 Problems with Today’s Education System0

    When it comes to the education system, have you ever had the sense that something was… well, a bit off? That is to say, everything seemed to be swimming along fine on the surface, but deep down you had a nagging feeling that something was wrong? If so, you’re in good company. Author Dorothy Sayers,

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  • Oxford Prof: PC Culture is Encouraging Greater Racism

    Oxford Prof: PC Culture is Encouraging Greater Racism0

    It seems one can’t move a muscle these days without offending someone and setting the PC police on one’s trail. The latest example in this PC battle comes from across the pond at Oxford University. As The Telegraph explains, Oxford has now declared it racist to “avoid making eye contact” with others or asking an

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  • Oxford Expert: 10% Chance Humans Extinct in a Century

    Oxford Expert: 10% Chance Humans Extinct in a Century0

    I have not been blessed with a refined taste in cinema, with my favorite movie franchise being the Terminator series, especially the second and third, in which Arnie is in peak form. Alas, there’s not enough space here to reminisce, so let’s confine ourselves to the premise for the action.  On August 29, 1997, Skynet,

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  • Oxford Dictionaries’ “Word” of the Year? An Emoji

    Oxford Dictionaries’ “Word” of the Year? An Emoji0

    • November 17, 2015

    Each year, Oxford Dictionaries selects one “Word of the Year” that “best reflect[s] the ethos, mood, and preoccupations” of a given year. Yesterday, Oxford announced that its selection for 2015 wasn’t a word; it was an emoji. More specifically, this emoji: Oxford justified its selection by pointing out that “Emojis are no longer the preserve of

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