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  • Is It Okay to Bribe Your Kids?

    Is It Okay to Bribe Your Kids?0

    • July 31, 2015

    One of the “joys” of parenting is struggling to get your children to perform required tasks. The most difficult struggles usually involve getting them to do chores and homework.   Sometimes, after initial pleas and threats have been fruitless, after the child has done a mediocre job, or even after the child has been punished,

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  • I’m Tired of Celebrating “Teachers”

    I’m Tired of Celebrating “Teachers”0

    • July 31, 2015

    The latest Key & Peele sketch “TeachingCenter” is still going viral. It’s a spoof of SportsCenter that imagines a world where we put as much time, energy, and money into honoring teachers as we do athletes. In case you haven’t seen it, here it is: Most of the reactions have been predictable: “If only…”; “Teachers

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  • Cursive: Easier Than We’ve Been Led to Believe?

    Cursive: Easier Than We’ve Been Led to Believe?0

    • July 31, 2015

    You’ve either heard of a situation like the following or been in it yourself: The 29-year-old head of the customer service department walks down the hall and passes a hand-written complaint to a middle-age employee. “Here,” she says, “can you read this note for me? I can’t read the woman’s handwriting.” Puzzled, he looks at

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  • Was Your High School English Class Better than Your Grandma’s?

    Was Your High School English Class Better than Your Grandma’s?0

    • July 30, 2015

    My grandmother passed away a few months ago. While looking through her belongings, I discovered several scrapbooks from her school days in the 1930s and 40s. One page in the scrapbook focuses on her 9th-grade English course in a small, rural high school in Minnesota. Pasted to the page is a workbook of sample questions

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  • Walter Palmer: Scapegoat?

    Walter Palmer: Scapegoat?0

    • July 30, 2015

    Many people are confused why more vitriol is being directed toward Walter Palmer, the killer of Cecil the Lion, than toward Planned Parenthood after another undercover video of their actions was released. Many assume it is because the mainstream media is actively colluding with Planned Parenthood, or is suppressing news about the video because they are

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  • Mythbusters Star Argues That Schools Should Bring Back Shop Class

    Mythbusters Star Argues That Schools Should Bring Back Shop Class0

    • July 29, 2015

    With the growth of standardized testing in recent decades, America’s education system has increasingly removed classes in the visual, performing, and mechanical arts. In the latter category, the iconic shop class of America’s educational past is now a rarity in today’s schools.  But, if this viral newspaper clipping below is any indication, Americans want shop

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